Black Lightning Lyrics

She left on a Tuesday

Took all her stuff

All of her LPs and shit, and some of mine

I stared at the wall for a while, and then I went out

Figured I'd find me a bar and have a good time

Didn't think I'd see her again

You know, I never did see her again

I heard she joined some group of freaks

Living over at Dennis Wilson's place

I met a man in the bar later that night

He told me straight, he said all that's kept him moving these last fifteen years is hate

He said, "It's like a furnace in my chest

It's like a fire on my tongue

And it burns a little brighter now with every wrong"

He said, "I burn a little brighter

I nurture every hurt"

He said, "Burn a little brighter son, trust me it works"

He said, "They took my daughter from me with promises of love

I never gave her anything but that

Now they got her selling flowers on the street and living in a truck

Throwing salt over her shoulder just to keep the demons back

We never talk anymore

They won't even let me see her anymore"

"But I burn a little brighter boy

I nurture every hurt

I burn," he burns a little brighter every time I see him after work

(Oh Black Lightning, don't blame yourself)

One night he said, "They took my daughter from me

And I hired Black Lightning to get her back

But during deprogramming she jumped out a window and broke her neck

And now it's me living in a truck

The wife blamed me and took me to court

Took the lot"

"She won't see me anymore

We only communicate through lawyers now

But you know what, I burn, I still burn a little brighter

I nurture every hurt"

He burns a little brighter every time I see him after work

(Oh Black Lightning, don't blame yourself)

He doesn't come round the bar much anymore

I don't see him round here much anymore

But you know what in the bar the other night, I saw on TV

This guy went into a Moonie church, gone stone crazy

Killed a bunch of people before he turned it on himself

And Reverend Moon's up there on CNN denying it's a cult

You don't see the Moon on TV much anymore

Said Reverend Moon's not on TV much anymore

But the screen burns a little brighter

Nurturing the hurt

Screen burns a little brighter, nurturing the hurt

It burn it burns

It burns it burns

Trust me, it works

(Oh Black Lightning, don't blame yourself)