, lyricist
, and Grammy Award-winning record producer
responsible for several hit songs. He has also worked as an arranger, pianist, and singer. His work has included songs in the adult contemporary, rock and roll, dance, pop, musical theater, and film score genres.
His work includes such album
s as Meat Loaf
's Bat out of Hell
and Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell
, and producing albums for Bonnie Tyler
.
Let me show you how to drive me crazy,Let me show you how to make me feel so good,Let me show you how to take me to the edge of the stars and back again.You've gotta show me how to drive you crazy,You've gotta show me all the things you wanna happen to you,We've gotta tell each other everything, we always wanted someone to do.
It's all we ever wantedAnd all we'll ever needAnd now it's slipping through our fingersFaster than the speed of night.
I have travelled across the universe through the years to find her. Sometimes going all the way is just a start...
The sirens are screaming and the fires are howlingWay down in the valley tonight.There's a man in the shadows with a gun in his eyeAnd a blade shining oh so bright.There's evil in the airAnd there's thunder in the skyAnd a killer's on the bloodshot streets.
Oh baby you're the only thing in this whole worldThat's pure and good and rightAnd wherever you are and wherever you goThere's always gonna be some light.
Like a bat out of HellI'll be gone when the morning comes.But when the day is doneAnd the sun goes downAnd the moonlight's shining throughThen like a sinner before the gates of heavenI'll come crawling on back to you.
Nothing ever grows in this rotten old holeAnd everything is stunted and lostAnd nothing really rocks and nothing really rollsAnd nothing's ever worth the cost. And I know that I'm damned if I never get outAnd maybe I'm damned if I doBut with every other beat I got left in my heartYou know I'd rather be damned with you.
Then I'm dying at the bottom of a pit in the blazing sunAll torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bikeAnd I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bellAnd the last thing I see is my heart,Still beating,Breaking out of my bodyAnd flying awayLike a bat out of Hell.
I never had a girlLooking any better than you didAnd all the kids at schoolThey were wishing they were me that night.