Bachman Turner Overdrive

[A. Vine]

Frank Abate wrote:
> Don't overlook mentioning the lyric in the Steppenwolf song of about 1970(?),
> "Born to be Wild", which goes something like:
>
>     I like drinking lightning
>     Heavy metal thunder . . .
>

Maybe it's a mondegreen, but I hear:

    I like smoke and lightnin'

or possibly:

    I like smokin' lightnin'

Andrea