Chain Lightning

Don McLean

1. Sometimes when I'm thinkin' that love's not around
   My heart begins sinkin', I don't hear a sound
   And the world is in blackness, no light shines on me
   I suffer no blindness, no one can I see
   Then a flash from the heavens like a loud jagged wire
   And the silence is broken, and the night is on fire.

R: It's like chain lightning, this love that I feel.
   Who know's where it strikes or when it will hit,
   How long it will last, or when it will quit.
   
2. In the forest I'm burning, struck down by the blast
   The fever is churning, and the heat rises fast.
   And those standing nearest can show their concern
   But I swear if they touch me that they too will burn.
   They fear for their lives for death will soon dwell
   In the warmth of your love is the fire of hell.

R: It's like chain lightning...
   
3. And soon the sparks scatter and wind whips the flame
   And love will soon shatter what it cannot tame
   And the cycle continues, from life into dust
   For I am now in you with the fire of lust.
   And I hear the explosion, of thunder and rain,
   The water is falling, the ashes remain.

R: It's like chain lightning...

4. The Indian's tell us that the Phoenix can rise
   From the smoldering ashes that once were my eyes
   And watch beautiful colours from black and from grey
   Be formed into wings and take me away
   Where evil is darkness and goodness is light
   And love is the lightning that cuts through the night
   And strikes only once in a dark place in time
   And forms a gold stairway that all of us climb.