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Thunder

from Whatever the Jungle by Eric Dahl

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Thunder

© 1998 by Eric Dahl

They used to come to our door
from up and down the block,
one time their folks all signed a petition
against kids playing rock.
Rock and roll was our school board,
rock and roll was our president,
while they were wringing their hands,
making their plans,
rock and roll just kinda came and went,

bringing you thunder, bringing you jagged light,
bringing you the kind of storm we need tonight.

My dad was kinda deaf from a trip he took to France,
machine gun music, all night death dance,
ashes, all fall down, move out boys
we’re gonna take this town,

bringing you thunder, bringing you jagged light,
bringing you the kind of storm we need tonight.

My older brother had nowhere to go,
so he started his own rock band,
Michael’s Neighborhood Show.
They’d go down in the basement, turn up the amps,
drum beat pulsing with the flashing lamps.
There was one song he would always play,
you could hear it in the street at least a mile away,

bringing you thunder, bringing you jagged light,
bringing you the kid of storm we need tonight.

He got a letter from the draft
board about some studio time:
“You can play all night
won’t cost you a dime.
We need you boy in Uncle Sam’s Band.
Give him a rifle, he’s got a real fast hand.
Teach you how to make thunder.
Teach you how to make jagged light.
Teach you how to make
the kind of storm we need tonight."

When they told us about Michael,
I didn’t say a word
just sat down by the fireplace
as the world got blurred,
ashes, all fall down,
pull back boys we can’t hold this ground.
Sometimes you can see
what’s on my old man’s mind,
fire in the jungle and a body left behind,

bringing you thunder, bringing you jagged light,
bringing you the kind of storm we need tonight.

Nobody sang it better than Laurie,
“Children come closer, I want to tell you a story,
burn up your body, wash you in ice,
if you come to the churchyard
bring black dirt mixed with rice.”

I went out in the driveway in my brother’s car,
put on a tape with electric guitar,
hey people, whoever you are,
here’s Michael, the neighborhood star,

bringing you thunder, bringing you jagged light,
bringing you the kind of storm we need tonight.

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from Whatever the Jungle, released July 1, 1998

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Eric Dahl Seattle, Washington

His music ranges from acoustic neo-rockabilly to thoughtful and reflective with a voice somewhere between Johnny Cash and Lou Reed.

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