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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf
Lead Vocals
Rory Dodd
Rory Dodd
Background Vocals
Todd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren
Background Vocals
Roy Bittan
Roy Bittan
Piano
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jim Steinman
Jim Steinman
Songwriter
Todd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren
Co-Arranger
Kenny Ascher
Kenny Ascher
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Todd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren
Producer
Cliff Hodsdon
Cliff Hodsdon
Assistant Engineer
Ed Sprague
Ed Sprague
Recording Engineer
Jimmy Iovine
Jimmy Iovine
Recording Engineer
John Jansen
John Jansen
Recording Engineer
Mark Thomas
Mark Thomas
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Heaven can wait
And a band of angels wrapped up in my heart
Will take me through the lonely night
Through the cold of the day
[Verse 2]
And I know, I know
Heaven can wait
And all the gods come down here just to sing for me
And the melody's gonna make me fly
Without pain, without fear
[Verse 3]
Give me all of your dreams
And let me go along on your way
Give me all of your prayers to sing
And I'll turn the night into the skylight of day
[Verse 4]
I've got a taste of paradise
I'm never gonna let it slip away
I got a taste of paradise
That's all I really need to make me stay –
Just like a child again
[Verse 5]
Heaven can wait
And all I've got is time until the end of time
Well, I won't look back, I won't look back
Let the altars shine
[Verse 6]
And I know that I've been released
But I don't know to where
Nobody's gonna tell me now
And I don't really care, no, no, no
[Verse 7]
I've got a taste of paradise
It's all I really need to make me stay
I got a taste of paradise
If I had it any sooner, you know
You know I never would have run away
From my home
[Verse 8]
Heaven can wait
And all I've got is time until the end of time
Well, I won't look back, I won't look back
Let the altars shine
[Verse 9]
Heaven can wait
Wah! Heaven can wait
Well, I won't look back, I won't look back
Let the altars shine
Let the altars shine
Written by: Jim Steinman
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