Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Don't you ever listen to the radio
When the big bad beat comes on
I know you gotta dig it child
I know you can't stop
Come on a little too strong
I'm talkin 'bout heavy music
Heavy music
Heavy music
Heavy music, Heavy music
Don't you ever feel like goin' insane
When the drummer begin to pound
Ain't there ever been a time in your little lives
You couldn't believe what the band is puttin' down, about
Heavy music
Heavy music
Heavy music
Heavy music
Get your hands now
Let me hear Detroit Michigan make some noise!
Get your hands
Get your hands
Get your hands
Alright people
We got the 16 track tape machine rollin' out back.
If you'll sing with me just a little bit,
I won't guarantee it, but you just might end up on an album
Heavy music
Heavy music
Heavy music
Heavy music
Your turn
Heavy music
Heavy music
Heavy music
Heavy music
Said when it's late at night, late at night
Let me tell you
When you got a headache
A little headache powder will help you
When you got a backache
Go down To John R. & Brush and a massage parlor will take care of you.
When it's late at night late at night late at night
Late at night
Late at night
Late at night
Late at night
When you got a heartache there ain't nothing you can do
When you got a heartache late at night
Ain't a thing you can do
Charlie knows
There ain't nothing you can do
There ain't nothing you can do
There ain't nothing you can do
There ain't nothing you can do
There ain't nothing you can do
There ain't nothing you can do
There ain't nothing you can do
There ain't nothing you can do
You can try and try
You can cry and cry
You can get real high
But there ain't nothing you can do
When you get that feeling
When you get that lonely feeling
When you get that
When you get that
Feeling comin' on
Say yeah yeah
Say yeah yeah
Say yeah yeah
Said I can feel it coming on
I can feel it coming on
Oh and I get so lonely
Said I get so lonely
You know I gotta get away
I gotta get away
I gotta go somewhere
Somewhere where nobody knows my name
When the big bad beat comes on
I know you gotta dig it child
I know you can't stop
Come on a little too strong
I'm talkin 'bout heavy music
Heavy music
Heavy music
Heavy music, Heavy music
Don't you ever feel like goin' insane
When the drummer begin to pound
Ain't there ever been a time in your little lives
You couldn't believe what the band is puttin' down, about
Heavy music
Heavy music
Heavy music
Heavy music
Get your hands now
Let me hear Detroit Michigan make some noise!
Get your hands
Get your hands
Get your hands
Alright people
We got the 16 track tape machine rollin' out back.
If you'll sing with me just a little bit,
I won't guarantee it, but you just might end up on an album
Heavy music
Heavy music
Heavy music
Heavy music
Your turn
Heavy music
Heavy music
Heavy music
Heavy music
Said when it's late at night, late at night
Let me tell you
When you got a headache
A little headache powder will help you
When you got a backache
Go down To John R. & Brush and a massage parlor will take care of you.
When it's late at night late at night late at night
Late at night
Late at night
Late at night
Late at night
When you got a heartache there ain't nothing you can do
When you got a heartache late at night
Ain't a thing you can do
Charlie knows
There ain't nothing you can do
There ain't nothing you can do
There ain't nothing you can do
There ain't nothing you can do
There ain't nothing you can do
There ain't nothing you can do
There ain't nothing you can do
There ain't nothing you can do
You can try and try
You can cry and cry
You can get real high
But there ain't nothing you can do
When you get that feeling
When you get that lonely feeling
When you get that
When you get that
Feeling comin' on
Say yeah yeah
Say yeah yeah
Say yeah yeah
Said I can feel it coming on
I can feel it coming on
Oh and I get so lonely
Said I get so lonely
You know I gotta get away
I gotta get away
I gotta go somewhere
Somewhere where nobody knows my name
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Heavy Music Lyrics as written by Bob Seger
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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