Paradise By the Dashboard Light Chords by Meat Loaf

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[Verse]
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■  ■ Well I remember every little thing
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As if it happened only yesterday
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Walking by the lake
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And there was not another car in sight
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And I never had a girl
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Looking any better than you did
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And all the kids at school
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They were wishing they were me that night
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But now our bodies are oh so close and tight
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It never felt so good it never felt so right
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And we're glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife
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Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife
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Come on hold on tight Well come on hold on


[Chorus]
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Tight ■ ■  ■ Though it's cold ■ and lonely ■ in the deep dark
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Night I can see paradise by the dashboard


[Verse]
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Light Ain't no doubt about it we were doubly blessed Cause we were barely seventeen and we were
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barely dressed Ain't no doubt about it
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Baby I can go on and shout it Ain't no doubt about it
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We were doubly blessed
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Cause we were barely seventeen and we were barely dressed Baby don't you hear my heart You
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Got it drowning out the radio I've been waiting so long for you to come along and have some fun
      
Well I
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Gotta let you know no you're never gonna regret it So open
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Up your eyes I got a big surprise It'll feel alright Well I wanna make you motor on And now our
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bodies are oh so close and tight It never felt so good it never felt so right And we're glowing
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like the metal on the edge of a knife Glowing like the


[Chorus]
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Metal on the edge of a knife Come on hold on tight ■ Well come on hold
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On tight Though it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night ■   ■   ■ I can see paradise ■ ■ by
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the dashboard ■ ■ light Though it's ■ ■ cold and lonely in the deep dark night Paradise by the
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dashboard light You got to do what you
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Can and let mother nature do the rest Ain't no doubt about it we were doubly blessed


[Verse]
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Okay ■     ■ here we go We got a real pressure cooker going here Shoot down nobody on no floor
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bottom of the night Oh there's the wind up and there it is a line shot up the middle Look at
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him go this boy can really fly He's drowning first and really turning it on now He's not
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letting up at all he's gonna try for seconds Ball is bottled out center and
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Here comes the throw and what a throw He's gonna slide in head first here he comes He's out No
                                                                                              
wait safe safe at second base This kid really makes things happen out there Batter steps up to
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The plate here's the catch and he's going and what a jump he's got He's trying for third here's
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the throw and in the dirt safe at third Holy cow stolen base ■  Taking a pretty big lead out
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there almost daring him to try and pick him off Richard Glantz is all winked up and it's fun
   
and


[Chorus]
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Fun and down the third baseline The suicide squeeze
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Is on Here he comes squeeze play
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Is gonna be close Here's the throw here's the play at the plate Holy cow I think he's gonna
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make it And he's got him right there ■ I gotta


[Verse]
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Know right now Before we go any further do you love me Will you love me
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Forever Do you need me Will you never leave me Will you make me so happy for the rest of my
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life Will you take me away Will you make me a wife Do you love me Will


[Chorus]
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You love me forever Do you need me Will you never leave me Will you make me so happy for the
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rest of my life Will you take me away Will you make me a wife I gotta know right now Before we
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go any further do you love me


[Verse]
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Will you love me forever ■ Let me sleep on it baby baby let me sleep on it Let me sleep on it
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I'll give him an answer in the morning Let
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Me sleep on it baby baby let me sleep on it Let me
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Sleep on it I'll give him an answer in the morning Let me sleep on it baby baby let me sleep on


[Chorus]
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It Let me sleep on it I'll give him an answer in the morning ■ I gotta know right now do you
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love me Will you love me forever Do you need me Will you never leave me Will you make me so
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happy for the rest of my life Will you take me away Will you make me a wife I gotta know right
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now Before we go any further do you love me Will you love me forever


[Verse]
                                                                                              
What's it gonna be boy Come on I can wait all night What's it gonna be boy Yes or no What's it
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gonna be boy Yes or no Let me sleep on it baby baby let me sleep


[Chorus]
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On it Let me sleep
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On it I'll give him an answer in the morning I gotta know right
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Now do you love me Will you love me forever Do you need me Will you never leave me
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Will you make me so happy for the rest of my life
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I'll give him an answer in the morning I'll tell you in the morning I gotta
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Know right now Before we
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Go any further do you love me Will you love me forever Let me sleep on it Will you love me
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forever Let me sleep on it Will you love me


[Verse]
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Forever I couldn't take it any longer I was crazy when the feeling came up on me
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Like a tidal wave Started swearing to my God and on my mother's grave that I would love you
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till the end of time I swore I would love you till the end of time ■ So now I'm praying for the
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end of time To hurry up and arrive


[Chorus]
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Cause if I gotta spend another minute with you
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I don't think that I can really survive I'll never break my promise or forget my vow But
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God only knows what I can do right now I'm praying for the end of time That's all that
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I can do ■ Praying for the end of time so I can end my time with you ■ ■ ■ ■ But if it's long
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ago and it was far away it was so much better than it is today But if
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It's long ago and it was far away it never
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Stopped so bright And we were going like a river it was long ago and it was far away It never
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stopped so bright And we were going like a river it was long ago and it was far away It never
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stopped so bright And we were going like a river it was long ago and it was far away It never


[Outro]
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Stopped so bright And we were going like a river it was long ago and it was far away It never
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stopped so bright And we were going like a river it was long ago and it
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was far away
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■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■


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