Catwoman's Song (I Need All the Love I Can Get)

Catwoman's Song (I Need All the Love I Can Get)
Song Name	Catwoman's Song (I Need All the Love I Can Get)
Origin	Batman: The Musical
Performer(s)	Karine Hannah
Composer	Jim Steinman
Lyricist	Jim Steinman
Type of Song	Deleted Song

"Catwoman's Song (I Need All the Love I Can Get)" is a song from the unproduced stage musical Batman: The Musical based on the DC comics franchise of the same name and its film duology adaptation directed by Tim Burton. It was sung by Catwoman as she robbed a jewelry.

The song's demo was performed by Karine Hannah as Catwoman, with its prologue recited by the song's writer , the late Jim Steinman.

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 prison 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...]

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 too
I need all the love I can get
And I need all the love that I can't get to...

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 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
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

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...

Other Appearances

• The original demo for Batman: The Musical was released on Jim Steinman's official website.

Videos

Batman the Musical- Catwoman's Song

Trivia

• The song has several similarities with Jim Steinman's song "More", wich has been performed by The Sisters of Mercy for the album Vision Thingand Meat Loaf for the album Braver Than We Are. It was also featured in the soundtrack of the 2003 film adaptation of Wuthering Heights, also produced by Steinman.
• The song's music also shares similarities with the instrumental theme "The Hunt" from the stage musical Neverland also written by Jim Steinman.

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