The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
There's a hunger rising in the air tonight
And I'll burn for you in the morning light
It's been too long, I can't wait no more
Stay home tonight and lock your door
I need you there beside me
Take me in your arms
To feel the wind rush by me
I'm hungrier now than I ever was
Like the night we came together on that fiery starry night
You took my breath from me and you rocked me to my bones
The fire that burned that night still burns deep down inside of me
I'm wilder than I'll ever be, ever be
Call me thunder in the morning
Call me lightning through the night
Anytime you want me, I'm gonna be there for you
And it'll be that way 'til the day I die
Call me thunder
There's a place I see in my mind's eye
Young lovers beneath a blood red sky
And we didn't care if the world looked on
'Cause we knew these days would soon be gone
And the flames grew all around us
As we lit that promised land
I can feel it burning in me
And I'm hungrier now than I ever was
And we'll walk this short beneath the moon and lay out in the sand
And when I'm drunk on you and crashed out in the dunes
I'll be that woman now that once brought out the man in you
I'm younger than I'll ever be, ever be
Call me thunder in the morning
Call me lightning through the night
Anytime you want me, I'm gonna be there for you
And it'll be that way 'til the day I die
Call me thunder
Call me thunder in the morning
Call me lightning through the night
Anytime you want me, I'm gonna be there for you
And it'll be that way 'til the day I die
Call me thunder in the morning
Call me lightning through the night
Anytime you want me, I'm gonna be there for you
And I'll burn for you in the morning light
It's been too long, I can't wait no more
Stay home tonight and lock your door
I need you there beside me
Take me in your arms
To feel the wind rush by me
I'm hungrier now than I ever was
Like the night we came together on that fiery starry night
You took my breath from me and you rocked me to my bones
The fire that burned that night still burns deep down inside of me
I'm wilder than I'll ever be, ever be
Call me thunder in the morning
Call me lightning through the night
Anytime you want me, I'm gonna be there for you
And it'll be that way 'til the day I die
Call me thunder
There's a place I see in my mind's eye
Young lovers beneath a blood red sky
And we didn't care if the world looked on
'Cause we knew these days would soon be gone
And the flames grew all around us
As we lit that promised land
I can feel it burning in me
And I'm hungrier now than I ever was
And we'll walk this short beneath the moon and lay out in the sand
And when I'm drunk on you and crashed out in the dunes
I'll be that woman now that once brought out the man in you
I'm younger than I'll ever be, ever be
Call me thunder in the morning
Call me lightning through the night
Anytime you want me, I'm gonna be there for you
And it'll be that way 'til the day I die
Call me thunder
Call me thunder in the morning
Call me lightning through the night
Anytime you want me, I'm gonna be there for you
And it'll be that way 'til the day I die
Call me thunder in the morning
Call me lightning through the night
Anytime you want me, I'm gonna be there for you
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Call Me Thunder Lyrics as written by Stephen Paul Womack
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing
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