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Jim Steinman Quotes

1947–2021 United States

James Richard Steinman (November 1, 1947 – April 19, 2021) was an American composer, lyricist, record producer, and playwright.

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Also known as: James Richard Steinman

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But it was long ago and it was far away,
Oh god, it seems so very far.
And if life is just a highway
Then the soul is just a car.And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are.

Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)

For the good of believing in a life after birth
For the good of your body so bright
For the good of the search for some heaven on earth
For the good of one hell of a night, for
the good of one hell of a night.

Bad for Good (1981)

Baby, baby let me sleep on it
Let me sleep on it
And I'll give you my answer in the morning...

Bat out of Hell (1977)

I never had a girl
Looking any better than you did
And all the kids at school
They were wishing they were me that night.

Bat out of Hell (1977)

Every time I see you, all the rays of the sun
Are streaming through the waves in your hair
And every star in the sky is taking aim at your eyes
Like a spotlight.

Making Love out of Nothing at All (1983)

And the last thing I see is my heart,
Still beating,
Breaking out of my body
And flying away
Like a bat out of Hell.

Bat out of Hell (1977)

And I know that I'm damned if I never get out
And maybe I'm damned if I do
But with every other beat I got left in my heart
You know I'd rather be damned with you.

Bat out of Hell (1977)

Like a bat out of Hell
I'll be gone when the morning comes.
But when the day is done
And the sun goes down
And the moonlight's shining through
Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven
I'll come crawling on back to you.

Bat out of Hell (1977)

Ain't no doubt about it
We were doubly blessed
Cause we were barely seventeen
And we were barely dressed.

Bat out of Hell (1977)

You can take the darkness from the deep of the night
And turn it to a beacon burning endlessly bright
I gotta follow it 'cause everything I know
Well, it's nothing 'till I give it to you.

Making Love out of Nothing at All (1983)

So now I'm praying for the end of time
To hurry up and arrive
Cause if I gotta spend another minute with you
I don't think that I can really survive.

Bat out of Hell (1977)

Stop right there!
I gotta know right now!
Before we go any further —
Do you love me?
Will you love me forever?

Bat out of Hell (1977)

The sirens are screaming and the fires are howling
Way down in the valley tonight.
There's a man in the shadows with a gun in his eye
And a blade shining oh so bright.
There's evil in the air
And there's thunder in the sky
And a killer's on the bloodshot streets.

Bat out of Hell (1977)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jim Steinman (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.