Song Description

AS ABOVE, BUT THEN HE'S SO FRENZIED THAT HE MURDERS HER AND THEN KILLS HIMSELF!

Lyrics

(Garth Brooks/Springsteen style song)

THUNDER BAY

I was working as a docker
in the city of Thunder Bay,
loading heavy cargoes
?cross from where
the ?Sleeping Giant? lay.
My hands were hard
and calloused;
my back was strained and sore:
all day I dreamed of cold beer
and a life that gave me more ?
a life that gave me more.

In Thunder Bay ?ee.
Up in Thunder Bay.
In Thunder Bay-ee,
I dreamed my life away.

I met a quay-side lady
who took me by the hand:
she said, ?Come on, good looking ?
I want you to be my man?.
There was no escaping ?
she had me lured and hooked;
then the lightning flashed ?
and the ground it shook,
as I gave my soul away.

In Thunder Bay ?ee.
Up in Thunder Bay.
In Thunder Bay-ee
I gave my soul away.

I bought her expensive presents;
she took so many things:
one of them was a wedding
with a sparkling diamond ring.
But then I went and found out
she was just a little tramp;
walking the streets part-time,
hanging around the army camp.

Then the lightning flashed -
and the ground it shook -
that night in Thunder Bay.
That night in Thunder Bay-ee.
That night in Thunder Bay.
The lightning flashed -
and the ground it shook
as I blew her soul away.

I tracked her down to the red-lights
and found her in a bar;
grabbed her by the arm
dragged her out to the car.
Driving down to the dockside
I pulled out my big gun;
And I shot that cheater three times ?
then once more - just for the fun.

Then the lightning flashed -
and the ground it shook -
as I blew her soul away.
I blew her soul away:
that night in Thunder Bay;
lightning flashed
and the ground it shook
as I blew her soul away.

I tipped her into the water
and watched her float on down
into Lake Superior where
many a man has drowned.
But then I saw the horror
of just what I had done,
so sent myself to be with her
with a bullet from my Colt gun.

And then the lightning flashed -
the ground it shook -
as I blew my soul away:
I blew two souls away;
that night in Thunder Bay:
the lightning flashed
and the ground it shook
as I blew two souls away.

In Thunder Bay ? ee.
Up in Thunder Bay.
In Thunder Bay ? ee.
Up in Thunder Bay.
In Thunder Bay ? ee.
Up in Thunder Bay.

In Thunder Bay ? ee.
Up in Thunder Bay.
In Thunder Bay ?ee,
I blew two souls away.
Up in Thunder Bay,
I blew two souls away;
blew two souls away;

I just blew two souls away;
Blew two souls away.
Away. Away,
Away, Away, etc.


Simon Leak Copyright 20th. Jan. 2005