Jefferson Starship - Lightning Rose Lyrics

[note: the first "verse" is, mysteriously, not sung on the record.]



A song for a girl who lives for the future

A song of the fremen [sic] camps near the river

After the fall -- before the beginning

We build the watchfire every night

We control the water flow

We control the power from fusion

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The walls of the city crumble

I would sing a song fifty feet long

Sweet breezes on pine beaches

The sound of fire

Let it shine let it shine let it shine



Shut down the city lights I want to be with my lady

Build up the watchfires turn down the sun

I been too long in the green fields of rapture

I been too long without bein on the run

Carry the fire from the heart of your lover

Carry the fire where the wild things run

Theres a monster lurking deep in the forest

Lets go and get him when the mornin comes



Rose I need you

Rose cant go without your love

Rose I need you

I cant go without you

I wont go without your love



Oooh rose do you remember all the dances

Remember the miracles and all the crazy chances we took on

Love, love, love -- I want to go beyond

Love, love, love ------ lets go

Inside the walls of forbidden halls

Beyond everything Ive ever hoped or sung

Carry the fire -- beyond all desire

Carry the fire -- brighter than the sun



Rose

Lightning rose

Rose

I wont leave without you

I cant go without your love



Love is a fire in the rose

She rocks me



Shut down the city lights I want to be with my baby

Build up the watchfires turn down the sun

Rose I need to feel you near me

Lightning rose I need you to be strong



Come together warm around the watchfire

Come together till the mornin sun

Open the floodgates and let loose the waters

Stand by the banks and watch the water run



Carry the fire to the heart of the darkness

Carry the fire each and every one

Carry the fire in your hands if you need to

Carry the fire the fire the fire



Let it shine let it shine



Look into the night sky

The walls fall before you