Kim Carnes

Songwriter: Kim Carnes Donna Weiss

Producer: Jimmy Bowen Kim Carnes

Lightning strikes more than twice
Thru the clouds to break the ice
And show us something better
We all chose to compromise
We kill out skills we robotize
Acid waste draws kids and flies
And diamonds turn to granite

Number one
Money buys anything anytime
Number one
The absurd the sublime
Look at all the things we take for granted
Blood from the bandit

Look at all the things we take for granted
Blood from the bandit

Number one
Money buys anything anytime

Kim Carnes (born July 20, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, she began her career as a songwriter in the 1960s, writing for other artists while performing in local clubs and working as a session background singer with the famed Waters sisters (featured in the documentary 20 Feet from Stardom). After she signed her first publishing deal with Jimmy Bowen, she released her debut album Rest on Me in 1972. Carnes' self-titled second album primarily contained self-penned songs, including her first charting single “You’re a Part of Me”, which reached No. 35 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in 1975. In the following year, Carnes released Sailin', which featured “Love Comes from Unexpected Places”. The song won the American Song Festival and the award for Best Composition at the Tokyo Song Festival in 1976.

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