City lights are dimming
Skies are turning gray
Passersby are sighing
Calling everything passé
It's time for new beginnings
To flip the status quo
And I've never been the type
To take it slow
I'll start with a bang
A pop of the cork
A quake to hit the richer
From Nairobi to New York
Who has the time
To take it slow
I'm lit up and ready to blow
I'll start with a bang
A strike of the drum
You'll think I've hit the top
And yet my best is still to come
I'm kickin' off
So make some room
'Cause baby, I'm ready to boom
Temperature's rising
All over the map
The perfect conditions
For thunder to clap
Out with the gray skies
And in with a flash
To make me a smash
When I start with a bang
A shot of the gun
I'm settin' off a spectacle
To stupefy and stun
A brilliant sight
A mighty clang
They'll feel it in Guadalajara
They'll hear it in Prague and Penang
When I start with a bang
I see an opening
I'm taking the gig
If I'm gonna make it
I'm making it big
No hesitating
Or waiting to pass
I'm hitting the gas
And I'll start with a bang
A pop of the cork
The future's being born tonight
And baby, I'm the stork
So bid adieu
To strum und drang
'Cause soon you'll be telling the story
Of how you were there when I sang
That I'd start with a bang!