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Lightning

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Page type: lyric reference Artist: Simple Minds Canonical path: /simple-minds/lightning Related lyric paths: 6

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Lightning

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I want to know where you live

I want to know who you are

I want to see what you see

I want to go where you are

Want to touch what you touch

Want to be where you are

I want to know what city this is

Seems like I'm moving so far

Riot town right noise

A lightning streak

Fate rides up and moves us on

Mother don't weep

I want to see what you see

I want to touch - let me play

I want to try every poison in sight

I want to lie where you lay

Let me see let me see

I want to know what you know

I want to learn what's imprisoning me

Iwant to know let it go

Riot time right noise

Violent times speak

Bottled up - like a fake damnation

Lightning speed

Crackdown backdoors

Meltdown shoes

Bare back riders - a rank outsider

An automatic cruise

I want to touch what you touch

I long to be where you are

I'll always know - you'll let me know all this gets too far

Let me touch. Let me touch

Let me feel what you feel

I want to know how certain this is

I want to know this is real

Riot town, right noise

Lightning streak

Fate rides up and moves us on

Mother don't weep

Crackdown back door

Violent times speak

Fate rides up and moves us on

Lightning streak

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