was it that came down on me that night
i held on to that moment and lie
i stood out there in the covering
in the baskings of a holy night
oh i was lucid and conscious
and hovering like a firefly
my mind stretched out on the canopy
i heard the whispers of silence
floating down from the radio
i got that feeling honey like i'm ready to roll
you see i'm not gonna wait till the end of me
'cos i got the burning fire in the bed of my soul
i saw the light from a kettle gun
sixteen days under a southern sun
and there were times when i thought that
i wouldn't mind it if i lost my mind out there
you wouldn't believe me if i told you so
were enough to make the man in me
go get your things out honey let's get ready to roll
oh i can feel a wave coming over me
i've been waiting for this day too long just to let it all go
as a child i was wonder eyed
at the thought that i might know
a life in the ecstasy of rock n' roll
oh i'm not taking it slow
oh you think that i don't know
what it is that makes it glow
i got that feeling honey like i'm ready to roll
you see i'm not gonna wait till the end of me
'cos i got the burning fire in the bed of my soul