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This weekly series will include as many of my all-time favorite tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way that your musical tastes can be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions that you might dare to make.  I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.

Link: [Bonnie Tyler]

Holding Out For A Hero

Bonnie Tyler

Where have all the good men gone

And where are all the gods

Where's the street wise Hercules

To fight the rising odds

Isn't there a white knight

Upon a fiery steed

Late at night

I toss and I turn

And I dream of what I need

I need a hero

I'm holding out for a hero

‘Til the end of the night

He's gotta be strong

And he's gotta be fast

And he's gotta be fresh from the fight

I need a hero

I'm holding out for a hero

‘Til the morning light

He's gotta be sure

And it's gotta be soon

And he's gotta be larger than life

Larger than life

Somewhere after midnight

In my wildest fantasy

Somewhere just beyond my reach

There's someone reaching back for me

Racing on the thunder

And rising with the heat

It's gonna take a superman

To sweep me off my feet

I need a hero

I'm holding out for a hero

‘Til the end of the night

He's gotta be strong

And he's gotta be fast

And he's gotta be fresh from the fight

I need a hero

I'm holding out for a hero

‘Til the morning light

He's gotta be sure

And it's gotta be soon

And he's gotta be larger than life

I need a hero

I'm holding out for a hero

‘Til the end of the night

Up where the mountains meet the heavens above

Out where the lightning splits the sea

I could swear that there's someone somewhere watching me

Through the wind

And the chill

And the rain

And the storm

And the flood

I can feel his approach like a fire in my blood

I need a hero

I'm holding out for a hero

‘Til the end of the night

He's gotta be strong

And he's gotta be fast

And he's gotta be fresh from the fight

I need a hero

I'm holding out for a hero

‘Til the morning light

He's gotta be sure

And it's gotta be soon

And he's gotta be larger than life

I need a hero

I'm holding out for a hero

‘Til the end of the night

Link: [John Parr]

St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion)

John Parr

Growin' up

You don't see the writin’ on the wall

Passin' by

Movin' straight ahead

You knew it all

But maybe sometime if you feel the pain

You'll find you're all alone

Everything has changed

Play the game

You know you can't quit until it's won

Soldier on

Only you can do what must be done

You know in some way

You're a lot like me

You're just a prisoner

And you're tryin' to break free

I can see a new horizon

Underneath the blazin' sky

I'll be where the eagle's flyin’

Higher and higher

Gonna be your man in motion

All I need is a pair of wheels

Take me where my future's lyin'

St. Elmo's fire

Ooh ooh ooh

Burnin’ up

Don't know just how far that I can go

Just how far I go

Soon be home

Only just a few miles down the road

I can make it

I know I can

You broke the boy in me

But you won't break the man

I can see a new horizon

Underneath the blazin' sky

I'll be where the eagle's flyin’

Higher and higher

Gonna be your man in motion

All I need is a pair of wheels

Take me where my future's lyin'

St. Elmo's fire

I can climb the highest mountain

Cross the wildest sea

I can feel St. Elmo's fire

Burnin' in me

Burnin' in me

Just once in his life

A man has his time

And my time is now

I'm comin’ alive

I can hear the music playin'

I can see the banners fly

Feel like you're back again

And hope ridin' high

Gonna be your man in motion

All I need is a pair of wheels

Take me where my future's lyin'

St. Elmo's fire

I can see a new horizon

Underneath the blazin' sky

I'll be where the eagle's flyin’

Higher and higher

Gonna be your man in motion

All I need is a pair of wheels

Take me where my future's lyin'

St. Elmo's fire

I can climb the highest mountain

Cross the wildest sea

I can feel St. Elmo's fire

Burnin' in me

Burnin'

Burnin' in me

I can feel it burnin'

Ooh

Burnin' inside of me

Lyrics From: [elyrics.net]

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