Bat from Wuhan

From the singer / songwriter duo that brought you the lyrics

‘You took Covid right out of my mouth

(It must have been while you were kissing me)’

and

‘I don’t know anything about you baby

But you’re everything I’m dreaming of;

I don’t know who you are

But should you not be wearing a glove ?’

comes the multi-platinum chart-stormer

BAT FROM WUHAN

The Karens are screaming, and the wires are howling
Way down in the valley tonight
I’ve been on the telly and I’ve fed them a lie
With a blade shining oh so bright
I’ve put evil in the air I’ve put thunder in the sky,
And some Covid on the bloodshot streets
And down in the tunnels where there’s nobody riding
Oh, I swear I saw Piers Morgan, down in the gutter
He was starting to foam in the heat. [Tosser.]

Maggie Thatcher 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 fight,
But I gotta get out, I gotta crack one out now
Before I take a crack at Dawn
So we gotta make the most of our one night together
When it’s Covid, you know,
We’ll both be so locked down

Like that bat from Wuhan I’ll be gone when the morning comes
When the Chinese take over, like that bat from Wuhan, I’ll be gone, gone, gone
Like that bat from Wuhan I’ll be gone when the morning comes
But when the day is done
And the sun goes down
And the Chinese army’s through
Then like a sinner – that’s poor Bill Gates I’m sayin’ –
I’ll come crawling on back to you

I’m gonna hit the highway coz all this is a sham
On a silver-black Boris bike
When the vengeance is hot, and the media is hungry
And they’re all about to see the light
Nothing ever grows in this rotting old hole,
And everything is stunted and lost
And nothing really rocks, and nothing really rolls,
And procurements never worth the cost

Well 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’ve got left in my heart,
You know I want to be damned with you
If I gotta be damned, you know I want to be damned
Dancing through the night with you
Well if I gotta be damned, you know I want to be damned,
Gotta be damned, you know I want to be damned
Gotta be damned, you know I want to be damned
Dancing through the night,
Dancing through the night,
Dancing through the night with you

Winston Churchill 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 fight,
But I gotta get out, I gotta crack one out now
Before I take a crack at Dawn
So we gotta make the most of our one night together
When it’s Covid, you know,
We’ll both be so locked down

Like that bat from Wuhan I’ll be gone when the morning comes
When the night is over, like that bat from Wuhan, I’ll be gone, gone, gone
Like that bat from Wuhan 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 – that’s poor Bill Gates I’m sayin’ –
I’ll come crawling on back to you

Then like a sinner – that’s poor Bill Gates I’m sayin’ –
I’ll come crawling on back to you

Well I can see myself tearing up that hill, faster
Than any other boy has ever gone
And my skin is raw, I’m an asshole, right ?
And no one’s gonna stop me now, I’m gonna make my escape
But I can’t stop thinking of you,
Don’t flatten that sodding curve until it’s way too late
Don’t flatten that sodding curve until it’s way too late

My obit’s in the bottom of a page in the effing Sun
Torn and twisted at the foot of my Boris 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 that bat from Wuhan

My obit’s in the bottom of a page in the effing Sun,
Torn and twisted at the foot of my Boris bike,
And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell
And the last thing I see is my heart,
Still beating still beating
Still beating still beating
Breaking out of my body, and flying away

Like that bat from Wuhan
Oh, like that bat from Wuhan
Oh, like that bat from Wuhan
Oh, like that bat from Wuhan (I’ll be gone when the morning comes)
Oh, like that bat from Wuhan (I’ll be gone when the morning comes)
Oh, like that bat from Wuhan..

RIP Jim Steinman (November 1, 1947 – April 19, 2021) and Marvin Lee Aday, a.k.a. Meat Loaf (September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022)

“Good night, sweet prince,

And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest !”