Story Behind The Song

Taking the long view.

Song Description

It doesn't mention place names but evokes the American landscape - from "that city in the desert" to "that statue with the torch".

Lyrics

BURN FOR YOU words and music by Peter Kozlowski

Like a trainload of timber, like a gallon can of gas,
Like lightning in a dry spell on a little grass shack.
Like a hydrogen disaster, like powder and a match,
Like that engine on the wing -
Spinning its blades, starting to sing.
It's gonna push you through gray skies to get home at last
.
And I burn for you - I turn up;
I yearn for you - it's so hot.
I don't care if I can spare it or not. I burn for you.

Like a president in wartime, like investors in a crash,
Like a mama with a sick kid she's afraid aint gonna last;
Like a daddy with an ulcer, keep a'running just as fast;
(alt: Like a type A hypertensive keeps a'running just as fast;)
Jack gambler buying credit puts his house upon the line;
It's made of cards and he could lose it all this time.
And I age for you - I wear down.
I ache for you - I scrape the ground.
It costs love, it costs blood, it costs my heart.
I rage for you.

(Bridge) I want love - I want it right.
I want a planet somewhere in this endless night.
I want you - ooh, I can't do without your light.

Like the candle in your bedroom, like the glow-worm on the porch;
Like a spotlight on a curtain call, like that statue with the torch.
Like the gemstones in your necklace, like the early morning stars,
That hydro-power dam's electric love across the sand
Ignites that city in the desert's concrete heart.
And I shine for you - I light up;
I do fine when I'm with you - I'm in luck.
And that glow's just there to show you my love:
I burn for you.

(coda) I shine for you
I burn for you.


Ã?Â,Ã,© 1986, 2003 Peter Kozlowski
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ptrkoz@cakelab.com