The horror, it was Zorro He was wearin' a mask I was out with my folks And we was havin' a laugh We didn't do this too often, mingle with the proletariats folks were [?] And too often they were scaredy cats Always goin' out Leavin' me with the help Always raising funds And I'm left by myself They saw that I was missin out On being a kid Dad said we're going out And I'm flippin' my lid I was lost in the dark like that time in the cave Surrounded by bats Alone and afraid Big Z on my screen Meant dueling and danger Someone so evil Can focus their anger A hero that sent the injust to their ruin A mask to protect from people pursuin' A cape to conceal a collection of tricks And eveything black, on this he insists I am the Batman I jump up and then I land You don't know what I got in my hand The shape of a bat you go "SPLAT!" and "KABLAM!" I am the Dark Knight I do whats right, but I do it out of spite Don't look quite right if you turn on the light I'll land with a boom [?] fight Dad had the limo out back I was sacked out cause I'm a little lad Don't wanna be older, head's on a shoulder I heard a loud sound, and I went on the ground It was sad [?] and my father was dead My mother was screamin' till she was shot in the head. See pearls in a puddle that was suddenly red The memory gets muddled except what the man said "Ever dance with the Devil In the pail moon light?" A riddle I'll remember For the rest of my life This killer was a chiller I was froze to the bone Alfred found me, I was howlin' Like a pup on his own I made a promise to my parents In the circle of light I would vanquish evil in a cape Maybe some tights I didn't know how I would do it Or which form I would take I just knew it was a creature Only I could create I am the Batman I jump up and then I land You don't know what I got in my hand The shape of a bat you go "SPLAT!" and "KABLAM!" I am the Dark Knight I do whats right, but I do it out of spite Don't look quite right if you turn on the light I'll land with a boom [?] fight [?] pack plenty of socks brought a legion of luggage drug it down to the docks But I gave them the slip Stowed away on a freight I was pissed with being rich Life's a bitch, so they say Foreign land, with the plan and the knowledge within for soon I'd be a man that would need to begin This quest to be best And defend the opressed Packed in the projects Like objects and pests I'd have to return But for now, I would train I learned tracking and hunting On the African plain In China learned Tao Japan, I learned Jiu Jitsu Don't believe you would bleed Well let me convince you Nerve pinch [?] [?] Used the Quivering Palm In a fight take a life Over a hundred forms Of hand-to-hand anguish [?] Learned every language Studied [?] with ninjas disguise and escape Leanred boxing, detoxing Concealing with capes Went to Cambridge, [?] But never for too long 'Fore the end of the semester I would have to be gone Came home to forgotten Gothem's so rotton and twisted Came home to my mansion It's a vast stash of riches Brooding in the darkness With a bust of my father A bat through the window A question of honor I am the Batman I jump up and then I land You don't know what I got in my hand The shape of a bat you go "SPLAT!" and "KABLAM!" I am the Dark Knight I do whats right, but I do it out of spite Don't look quite right if you turn on the light I'll land with a boom [?] fight