Music and lyrics by Jim Steinman, recorded by Meat Loaf on the album Bat Out Of Hell.

The sirens are screaming and the fires are howling

Way down in the valley tonight.

There's a man in the shadows with a gun in his eye

And a blade shining oh so bright.

There's evil in the air

And there's thunder in the sky

And a killer's on the bloodshot streets.

And down in the tunnel where the deadly are rising

Oh I swear I saw a young boy down in the gutter

He was starting to foam in the heat.

Oh baby you're the only thing in this whole world

That's pure and good and right

And wherever you are and wherever you go

There's always gonna be some light.

But I gotta get out, I gotta break it out now

Before the final crack of dawn

So we gotta make the most of our one night together

When it's over you know

We'll both be so alone.

Like a bat out of Hell

I'll be gone when the morning comes

When the night is over

Like a bat out of Hell

I'll be gone, gone, gone.

Like a bat out of Hell

I'll be gone when the morning comes.

But when the day is done

And the sun goes down

And the moonlight's shining through

Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven

I'll come crawling on back to you.

I'm gonna hit the highway like a battering ram

On a silver black phantom bike

When the metal is hot

And the engine is hungry

And we're all about to see the light.

Nothing ever grows in this rotten old hole

And everything is stunted and lost

And nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls

And nothing's ever worth the cost.

And I know that I'm damned if I never get out

And maybe I'm damned if I do

But with every other beat I got left in my heart

You know I'd rather be damned with you.

If I gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned

Gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned

Gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned

Dancing through the night

Dancing through the night

Dancing through the night with you.

Oh baby you're the only thing in this whole world

That's pure and good and right

And wherever you are and wherever you go

There's always gonna be some light

But I gotta get out

I gotta break it out now

Before the final crack of dawn

So we gotta make the most of our one night together

When it's over you know

We'll both be so alone.

Like a bat out of Hell

I'll be gone when the morning comes

When the night is over

Like a bat out of Hell

I'll be gone, gone, gone

Like a bat out of Hell I'll be gone when the morning comes.

But when the day is done

And the sun goes down

And the moonlight's shining through

Then like a sinner before the gates of Heaven

I'll come crawling on back to you.

I can see myself tearing up the road

Faster than any other boy has ever gone

And my skin is raw but my soul is ripe

No one's gonna stop me now,

I'm gonna make my escape

But I can't stop thinking of you.

And I never see the sudden curve till it's way too late

I never see the sudden curve till it's way too late.

Then I'm dying at the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun

All torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike

And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell

And the last thing I see is my heart,

Still beating,

Breaking out of my body

And flying away

Like a bat out of Hell.

Then I'm dying at the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun

All torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike

And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell

And the last thing I see is my heart

Still beating

Still beating

Breaking out of my body and flying away

Like a bat out of Hell

(I'll be gone when the morning comes)

Like a bat out of Hell

(I'll be gone when the morning comes)

Like a bat out of Hell

(I'll be gone when the morning comes)

Like a bat out of Hell!

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