Lyrically it's classic Jim Steinman. And Jim actually wrote most of the music to this song, although the album says other wise. Webber wrote the music for everything in "Whistle" except this one and when Meat gets to the chorus and the "and one of these nights you're gonna show me that you already kn-ow" it just gives me chills. My only regret is that they didn't include the part from the show leading into the first chorus
"so come with me now we can fly away
there's a time to be saved and you're damned if you stay
put your foot on the gas and let's go
take a chance on a promise and a roll of the dice
we can set a few fires we can melt all the ice
we can have more adventures then you've ever even dreamed that you would know
there's a feast waiting for you and you've never even gotten a taste
it's later then you think and a kiss is a terrible thing to waste"
Check out the "Whistle" version for that. I realize a lot of those lyrics are recycled from "Bad For Good" but they're such great lyrics that Jimmy can be excused for doing it. In fact, at least 80% of the lyrics from "Whistle" were recycled but hey, that's just how Steinman operates.
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