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”
Originally performed by mc5
Well, I feel pretty good and I guess that I could get crazy now, baby.
Cause we all got in tune and when the
Dressing room got hazy now, baby.
I know how you want it, child,
Hot, sweet, and tight.
The girls can't stand it when you doin' it right,
When you're up on the stand.
And let me kick out the jams, yes!
Kick out the jams.
I want to kick 'em out!
Yes, I'm startin' to sweat,
You know my shirt's all wet.
What a feelin'.
And the sound that abounds and
Resounds and rebounds off the ceiling.
You gotta have it baby, you can't do without,
When you get the feelin', you got the sound above.
Put that mike in my hand
And let me kick out the jams, yes!
Kick out the jams.
I want to kick 'em out!
So you gotta get it up, you know ya
Can't get enough, miss Mackenzie.
Well, it gets in your brain,
It drives you insane with a frenzy.
The wailing guitars, girl, the crash of the drums,
Makes me want to keep a-rockin' till the morning comes.
Let me be who I am.
And let me kick out the jams, yes!
Kick out the jams.
I done kicked 'em out!
Well, I feel pretty good and I guess that I could get crazy now, baby.
Cause we all got in tune and when the
Dressing room got hazy now, baby.
I know how you want it, child,
Hot, sweet, and tight.
The girls can't stand it when you doin' it right,
When you're up on the stand.
And let me kick out the jams, yes!
Kick out the jams.
I want to kick 'em out!
Yes, I'm startin' to sweat,
You know my shirt's all wet.
What a feelin'.
And the sound that abounds and
Resounds and rebounds off the ceiling.
You gotta have it baby, you can't do without,
When you get the feelin', you got the sound above.
Put that mike in my hand
And let me kick out the jams, yes!
Kick out the jams.
I want to kick 'em out!
So you gotta get it up, you know ya
Can't get enough, miss Mackenzie.
Well, it gets in your brain,
It drives you insane with a frenzy.
The wailing guitars, girl, the crash of the drums,
Makes me want to keep a-rockin' till the morning comes.
Let me be who I am.
And let me kick out the jams, yes!
Kick out the jams.
I done kicked 'em out!
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Kick Out the Jams Lyrics as written by Wayne S Kramer Robert W. Derminer
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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