Here are the lyrics, as transcribed, from THE BATMAN DEMOS 1999-2002. Some of these feature JIM STEINMAN himself (a rare appearance!)
Meat Loaf, covered two of these songs for his album "The Monster Is Loose" (2006); a hard-rock arrangement of "In The Land Of The Pig The Butcher Is King", the song for the corrupt Gotham executives, and "Cry To Heaven", based on the opening sequence.
Steinman's band "The Dream Engine" covered several tracks, including "Not Allowed To Love", "We're Still The Children We Once Were" and "In The Land Of The Pig The Butcher Is King".
Some of the BATMAN songs may appear in "Bat Out Of Hell: The Musical", opening in London in 2012.
GOTHAM CITY / THE
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
IN THE LAND OF THE PIG THE BUTCHER IS KING
NOT ALLOWED TO LOVE
THE JOKER'S SONG (WONDERFUL TOYS)
THE CATWOMAN'S SONG (I NEED ALL THE LOVE I CAN GET)
WE'RE STILL THE CHILDREN WE ONCE WERE
CRY TO HEAVEN
NOTE: Some lyrics may be inaccurate
GOTHAM CITY / THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT
The Opening Sequence
Lyrics
Nox Noctis Venit
Nox Noctis Venit
Tenebrae Tenebris Involvunt
Tenebrae Tenebris Involvunt
Salva Nos, Domine
Salva Nos, Domine
Come midnight's midnight
Come midnight's midnight
When the dark entwines with darkness
When the dark entwines with darkness
Save us O' Lord
Save us
Save us
Salvation Army Woman:
Angels arise
As night must fall and
Radiant eyes
Stare down
On us all
If the powers that be
Be beyond our call
Then angels arise
As the night must
Fall...
Citizens:
I can hear the thunder roll
I can feel the lightning strike
Could a storm be on its way
How I wish it would stay light
It's so much better in
the day
Everything seems safe and bright
Looks like it's gonna be a dark one tonight!
Looks like it's gonna be a dark one tonight!
Woman & Streetwalker:
Come, come and cry
Cry, cry to heaven
Say a prayer and light a candle
Toll a bell
Come, come and cry
Cry unto heaven
And if your tears fall on deaf ears then
Go ahead
And cry like hell
Citizens:
Will the sirens never cease
Will the fires fade away
Gotham City is our home
But we fear the end of days
From the cradle to the
grave
From the dawn to the last twilight
Looks like it's gonna be a dark one tonight
Looks like it's gonna be a dark one tonight
Woman, Streetwalker &
Boy Soprano:
Angels arise
As night must fall and
Glorious eyes stare down
On us all
If the powers that be
Be beyond our call
Then angels arise
As the night must surely, always, always
Fall...
Nox Noctis Venit
Nox Noctis Venit
Tenebrae Tenebris Involvunt
Tenebrae Tenebris Involvunt
Salva Nos, Domine
Salva Nos, Domine
Come midnight's midnight
Come midnight's midnight
When the dark entwines with darkness
When the dark entwines with darkness
Save us O' Lord
Save us
Save us...
(Instrumental)
Batman:
Hear the screams of the mad and desperate
Hear the cries of the lost and lonely
There are things that happen only in the dark
That's the sound of an
old dream dying
And that's the birth of an original sin
There are things that happen only in the dark
And I see it all
I see it
All of the devils are rising
As all of the angels are starting to fall
Maybe it's a curse
Maybe it's a gift
But I see it all
I work the graveyard
shift
I work the graveyard shift
I work the graveyard shift
God speed
God speed
God speed, speed us away
God speed
God speed
God speed, speed us away
God speed
God speed
God speed, speed us away
Safe home, safe...
Only in the dark all the
criminals gather
Always searching for the ultimate crime
Chaos and corruption and annihilation
Infinite victims, infinitesimal time
And it's time to unleash
the furies
Stop it now and draw a line in the sand
This is where all of the evil festers
Only in the dark I will make my stand
And I see it all
I see it
All of the devils are rising
As all of the angels are starting to fall
Maybe it's a curse
Maybe it's a gift
But I see it all
I work the graveyard
shift
I work the graveyard shift
I work the graveyard shift
God speed
God speed
God speed, speed us away
God speed
God speed
God speed, speed us away
God speed
God speed
God speed, speed us away
Safe home, safe home
God speed
God speed
God speed, speed us away
(Instrumental)
The nightmares never end
I never sleep, I never wake
And after all these years I dedicate myself
To the memories of the innocent destroyed by crime
And to my parents who I
buried
When I was only eight
To all the ghosts long departed
To all the ghosts who still wait
I swear, I vow
Right here, right now
All of the angels are falling
As all of the devils are starting to rise
Now the time has come
Now it's time to stop
Is there anybody here who does not hear these cries?!
I work the graveyard shift
IN THE
LAND OF THE PIG THE BUTCHER IS KING
The Gotham City Officials
Lyrics
Look at them now
What do they want?
And what do they do now?
Nothing at all
They all live on so aimlessly
But what do they know?
What do they think?
And who do they tell?
Well, no one at all
Their lives are purely meaningless
And we are busy being blessed
With all that we can
take and pocket
No one needs to know
We're the plug and they're the socket
Give us the juice and we'll glow
Can't you hear the choir
now?
Listen to the animals sing!
Can't you hear the slaughterhouse bells?
In the land of the pig the butcher is king!
In the land of the pig the butcher is king!
Can't you hear the choir
now?
Listen to the marketplace sing!
Can't you hear the slaughterhouse bells?
In the land of the pig the butcher is king!
In the land of the pig the butcher is king!
How do they sleep?
Their lives are all so tawdry
And they're nothing but trash
And we're the biggest trash collector
What do you expect?
They've got no standards
Perfect for us
We lower the bar
And we'll open up Pandora's Box
Pandora gave us keys and locks
And they're the victims
Waiting for their mugger
Come to the confessional
So I can tell you all to bugger off!
No time like now!
And we'll do it our way
Today in the USA
We know what to say
If you stand in our way
Don't stand in our way
That's our way
No time like today!
Can't you hear the choir
now?
Listen to the amputees sing!
Can't you hear the slaughterhouse bells?
In the land of the pig the butcher is king!
In the land of the pig the butcher is king!
Can't you hear the choir
now?
Listen to the chosen ones sing!
Can't you hear the slaughterhouse bells?
In the land of the pig the butcher is king!
In the land of the pig the butcher is king!
(Instrumental)
In the land of the pig
the butcher is king!
In the land of the pig the butcher is king!
In the land of the pig
The butcher is
King!!!
NOT
ALLOWED TO LOVE
Batman & Catwoman
2005 Live Premiere @ Joe's Pub
Lyrics
Batman:
I'm not allowed to love
Not allowed to fall
It seems that after all
Some rules must be unbroken
I'm not allowed to swoon
Romanticize or croon
The beauty of your eyes
Must still remain unspoken
But my head will be
unbowed
I'm certainly no fool
I'm no fool
For I know
I'll always be allowed
To find exceptions
To the rules
Catwoman:
I'm not allowed to love
Not amid career
There's just so little time
I can't afford to be wrong*
I'm not allowed to cry
Tremble, whimper, sigh
These signs of weakness are avoided
I must be strong
But pessimism must be
disavowed
Life couldn't be so cruel
Be so cruel
And I know
A girl must be allowed
To find exceptions
To the rules
(Instrumental)
Batman & Catwoman:
But my head will be unbowed
I'm certainly no fool
I'm no fool
For I know
We'll always be allowed
To find exceptions
To the rules
Batman:
Say what you will
I'll hang on every word
I'll hang on every letter
But nothing's gonna change the truth
My night is better
Nothing's gonna change the truth
My night is better......
* Alternate verse for pop and dance versions:
I'm not allowed to love
Till they legalize it here
The kind of love I need has been
Forbidden so long
THE JOKER'S SONG (WONDERFUL TOYS)
Lyrics
Joker (Spoken):
We are not amused!
Let me put it to you this way:
(Sung)
Where does Chicago get
all that meat?
How does Venezuela get all their heat?
And where does Adidas find all their feet?
You'd like to know the answers, now, wouldn't you boys?
Well, tell me, where does he get all those wonderful toys?!
Where do all the Disney
folk get all their toons?
How did Davy Crockett capture all those coons?
Why are all my henchmen only second-class goons?
If you know the answers then you make a joyful noise
And where does he get all those wonderful toys?!
How did Esmeralda get a
hunchback to fall?
What exactly does a priest do when he answers the call?
How did Julius Caesar deal with all that Gaul?
Do you think I'm off my rocker, off the wagon, on a bender,
on a (?), on a roll, I'm on a tear (?) the wall!
And how did Abercrombie and Fitch come up with so many boys?
And where does he get all those wonderful wonderful toys?!
I know what you're
thinking, well, forget it!
(Well, forget it!)
I know what you're planning, you'll regret it!
(You'll regret it!)
I know who they are and where they've been and exactly what they're hoping to
be!
They think they've been
there, done that, seen it all, that's all they can see
Well, wait till they get a load of, get a load of me
Been there, done that, seen it all, that's all they can see
Well, wait till they get a load of, get a load of me
They think they've been
there, done that, seen it all, that's all they can see
Well, wait till they get a load of, get a load of me
Been there, done that, seen it all, that's all they can see
Well, wait till they get a load of, get a load of me
They think they've been
there, done that, seen it all, that's all they can see
Well, wait till they get a load of, get a load of me
Been there, done that, seen it all, that's all they can see
Well, wait till they get a load of, get a load of me
They think they've been
there, done that, seen it all, that's all they can see
Well, wait till they get a load of, get a load of me
Been there, done that, seen it all, that's all they can see
Well, wait till they get a load of, get a load of me!
From the shores of
Montezuma
To the halls of Timbuktuma
(Spoken)
Ugh! Timbuktuma?
Stop me before I rhyme again!
(Sung)
From the shores of
Montezuma
To the tip of Timbuktu
You can see him everywhere these days
What did Batman do in Katmandu?
(Spoken)
Ooh, what a rhyme!
Eat your heart out, Stephen Sondheim!
(Sung)
I think that Captain
Hook deserves
Appreciation for the way
That he could handle all those
Imbecilic, nauseating, stupefying, putrefying, mortifying
Little Lost Boys!
(Spoken)
But that's clearly off
the topic which is obviously:
Where did he get all those wonderful toys?!
(Sung)
Where do all the country
clubs get all their goys?
Where do all the Yiddish folk get all of their "oys"?
How do you stay away from all the awful hoi polloi's?
And make a joyful noise?!
Where does he get all
those?
Where does he get all those?
Where does he get all those?
Where does he get all those?
Where does he? Where
does he?
Where does he? Where does he?
Where does he? Where does he?
Where does he? Where does he?
(Spoken)
Ooh, that's very easy for me to say!
(Sung)
Where does he get all those wonderful toys?!
(Instrumental)
You'd like to know the
secrets, well now, wouldn't you boys?
Well, where does he get all those wonderful toys?
You'd like to know the secrets, well now, wouldn't you boys?
Well, where does he get all those wonderful toys?
Been there, done that,
seen it all, that's all they can see
Well, wait till they get a load of, get a load of me
Been there, done that, seen it all, that's all they can see
Well, wait till they get a load of, get a load of me
You'd like to know the
secrets, well now, wouldn't you boys?
Well, where does he get all those wonderful toys?
You'd like to know the secrets, well now, wouldn't you boys?
Well, where does he get all those wonderful toys?
Been there, done that,
seen it all, that's all they can see
Well, wait till they get a load of, get a load of me
Been there, done that, seen it all, that's all they can see
Well, wait till they get a load of, get a load of me
(Spoken)
Ooh baby, that's what I
like!
Chantilly lace
And a pretty face
And a pony-tail just a'hangin' down
(I want a pony!)
Ooh, look at that one
over there!
That's my beloved, my paramour!
Isn't she fine?
Well, to tell you the truth,
I hate every bone in her body except mine!
Oh well...
Father, I want to kill
you!
Mother, I want to...
Ha Ha Ha...!
Ooh, will this get me on
TRL or MTV?
Ha Ha Ha...!
Look out, Rover!
And let Joker take over!
Ha Ha Ha...!
Doe! A deer! I killed
that deer!
Ha Ha Ha...!
Why don't you come up to
the lab
And see what's on the slab
Oh, look at her skin
Her skin's the colour mocha
Livin' La Vida Joker!
Ha Ha Ha...!
(Sung)
Been there, done that,
seen it all, that's all they can see
Well, wait till they get a load of, get a load of me
Been there, done that, seen it all, that's all they can see
Well, wait till they get a load of, get a load of me
(Spoken)
Will the real caped
crusader
Please stand up
Please stand up
Please stand up
My name is...
My name is...
My name is...
José Jiménez!
Ha Ha Ha...!
THE JOKER HAS LEFT THE BUILDING!
THE CATWOMAN'S SONG (I NEED ALL THE LOVE I CAN GET)
Lyrics
Look! Look... Look...
She lies awash in beauty
Afloat in a river of crystal
Among waves of turquoise that sparkle like...
Diamonds!
Every precious jewel is a memento
A memento mori
A souvenir of death!
No! Not a memento mori
A memento vitae
A memento of life
A many-sided mirror
A prism
A prism for rainbows
Rainbow, rainbow
Remember O' Catwoman that thou art dust
No! Not dust!
Remember that you're going to live...To live!
Because you must
You must, you must...
Catwoman (Sung):
Too dangerous to wear
Too beautiful to sell
A glinting glimpse of heaven
In the midst of all this hell
Memento mori
Grab everything you can
You can lose it all so suddenly
To the frozen face of death
Memento vitae
Just grasp it in your hand
You've got to live in beauteous life
A jewel, a heartbeat, a breath
Memento mori
Grab everything you can
They'll take it all away from you
You're left alone, bereft
Memento vitae
Just clutch it in your hand
You can take it back, steal life away from death
Your greatest theft
And I need all the love
I can get
And I need all the love that I can't get to
I need all the love I can get
And I need all the love that I can't get too...
The wind is sharp, it
makes me shiver
The night's a promise but will it deliver
The nothingness surrounds me, it makes me so reflective
I've got nine lives, just like they said, and all of them defective!
Forever I'll be
collecting
Jewels and regrets
Forever is such a long long time
And most of it hasn't even happened yet
And I need all the love
I can get
And I need all the love that I can't get to
And I need all the love I can get
And I need all the love that I can't get too...
(Instrumental)
And I need all the love
I can get
And I need all the love that I can't get to
And I need all the love I can get
And I need all the love that I can't get too...
And I need all the love
I can get
And I need all the love that I can't get to
And I need all the love I can get
And I need all the love that I can't get too
The wind is sharp and it
makes me shiver
The night's a promise but will it deliver
At times like this I'm so reflective
I've got nine lives and they're all defective!
Too dangerous to wear
Too beautiful to sell
A glinting glimpse of heaven
In the midst of all this hell
Forever I'll be
collecting
Precious jewels and regrets
Forever is such a long long time
And most of it hasn't even happened yet...
WE'RE STILL THE CHILDREN WE ONCE WERE
The Operatic Finale
Lyrics
Batman, Catwoman,
Young Bruce & Young Selena:
We're still the children we were then
And we never found a way
We never did get home
Where's Mommy, Daddy, where'd they go?
They've left us here alone
And with all the arts we've mastered
And all the things we've known
Who's going to take us home?
We're still the children
we were then
Who's going to take us home?
We're still the children we were then
Who's going to take us home?
Take us home
And I hope you know that
after all these demons
Have passed and gone
There's always one more left
And we simply can't turn on the light
And we surely can't turn off the night
We can't find a way to get away
From how we've grown
Still waiting to go home
We're still the children
we were then
Still waiting to go home
We're still the children we were then
Still waiting to go home
Still waiting to go home
I apologize for any
histrionics
Reality can be a crashing bore
But if you really want something maudlin
All you do is march abroad in
And let emotions pour
Let emotions pour!
But now in all sincerity
Try not to be too rough on me
When adding up the score
Who did what and how, what for!
And with all this knowledge
How can we be so alone?
Some people never do get home
We're still the children
we once were
Some people never do get home
We're still the children we once were
Some people never do get home
Some people never do get home
Some people never do get home!
(Instrumental)
And with all this
knowledge
How can we be so alone?
Some people never do get home
We're still the children
we were then
Some people never do get home
We're still the children we were then
Some people never do get home
Some people never do get home
Some people never do get home
Take me home...now
NOTE: Included for its reference to "Gotham City" (the opening sequence). This, and two other songs, were submitted by Steinman for a Broadway musical version of CRY-BABY, the John Waters film. They were never used.
Lyrics
Cry, baby, cry
Cry, cry to heaven
Say a prayer and light a candle
Toll a bell
Cry, baby, cry
Cry, cry to heaven
And if that doesn't do it for you
Go ahead and cry like hell
Cry, baby, cry
Cry, cry to heaven
Storm the castle, stem the tide
Rise above your cell
Cry, baby, cry
Cry, cry to heaven
If that doesn't do it for you
Go ahead and cry like
Go ahead and cry like
Go ahead and cry like hell
All songs © JIM STEINMAN
Credits
GOTHAM CITY / THE
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
Vocals: Emily Pulley & Jim Steinman
Piano: Steve Margoshes & Jim Steinman
IN THE LAND OF THE PIG THE BUTCHER IS KING
Vocals: Rob Evan & Elaine Caswell
NOT ALLOWED TO LOVE
Vocals: Marcus Lovett & Karine Hannah
Piano: Steve Margoshes
NOT ALLOWED TO LOVE (Pop
Version)
Vocals: Marcus Lovett & Karine Hannah
NOT ALLOWED TO LOVE
(Dance Version)
Vocals: Jim Steinman, Marcus Lovett & Karine Hannah
NOT ALLOWED TO LOVE
(Live Premiere @ Joe's Pub)
Vocals: Rob Evan & Mandy Gonzalez
Piano: Steve Margoshes
THE JOKER'S SONG
(WONDERFUL TOYS)
Vocals: Jim Steinman
THE CATWOMAN'S SONG (I
NEED ALL THE LOVE I CAN GET)
Vocals: Jim Steinman & Karine Hannah
WE'RE STILL THE CHILDREN
WE ONCE WERE
Vocals: Jim Steinman
CRY TO HEAVEN
Vocals: Kyle "Scarpia" Gordon
Apologies if downloads fail.
Special thanks to Jim Steinman for originally making the tracks available through the Jim Steinman blog
