Artist: Pete Townshend Album: The Iron Man The Musical By Pete Townshend {1989}

Don't be afraid of the night
Only you hear the scream that you scream
Don't turn away from the light
Only you see the dream that you dream

I'm not gonna to run anymore
I'm not gonna run away from this honeymoon
I'm not gonna run anymore
I'm not gonna run like a rat to a piper's tune
For you and I will show one another love
You and I, we owe one another love

We're not gonna lie anymore
We're not gonna lie in ignorant ecstasy
We're not gonna cry anymore
We're not gonna cry at a figment of fantasy
For you and I will grow together now
You and I will go together

We're not gonna run anymore
We're not gonna run anymore, no, no, no, no

I'm not going to run anymore
I'm not gonna run away from this honeymoon
I'm not gonna run anymore
I'm not gonna run like a rat to a piper's tune
For you and I will show one another love
You and I, we owe one another love

We're not gonna lie anymore
We're not gonna lie in ignorant ecstasy
We're not gonna cry anymore
We're not gonna cry at a figment of fantasy
For you and I will grow together now
You and I will go together now

Don't be afraid of the night
Only you hear the scream that you scream
Don't turn away from the light
Only you see the dream that you dream

Over the top we go
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Over the top we go
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

No idea where my life began
But I'm a fearless Iron Man - Iron Man
I am a fearless Iron Man

I lost my arm, lost my eyes
Broke my feet, bruised my thigh
Head's on a cliff a-hanging from a tree
Neck's on the beach with my elbow and knee

Over the top we go
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Over the top we go
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

My eye looked around and discovered my hand
Together they uncovered my arm in the sand
Pieces of me come together as one
And we all dance forever in the morning sun

Over the top we go
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Over the top we go
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

No idea where my maker ran
But I'm a fearless Iron Man - Iron Man
I am a fearless Iron Man
I am a fearless Iron Man
I am a fearless Iron Man

Over the top we go
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Over the top we go
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Over the top we go
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Over the top we go
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Over the top we go
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Over the top we go

Man makes machines to man the machines
That make the machines that make the machines

Make a machine to make a machine
And man and machine will make a machine
To break the machines that make the machines

Dig, huh, dig
Dig, huh, dig
Dig, huh, dig

We old ones have seen two wars
We old ones have seen two wars

When you're sick and afraid and there's danger around
Take a pick and a spade and cut into the ground - cut into the ground
Away from the light, away from the sound
Make a trap for the beast, dig his burial mound - dig his burial mound

Dig for your life, dig to the death
Dig for salvation till your very last breath
Dig for protection, dig for release
Dig for resurrection, we'll be diggin' for peace

We old ones have seen two wars

When you dream of a laser that sears your soul
Slices like a razor and burns like a coal - and burns like a coal
You can bet you'll forget when the rock starts to roll
And the last meets the least by the watering hole - by the watering hole

Dig it down deep, dig it out wide
Dig it for pleasure, you dig it for pride
Dig it for treasure, dig it for stones
Dig it for the metal and dig it for the bones

Dig it
Dig it down
Dig it, dig it down
Dig, dig down
Down, down, down, down, down, down, down

Dig it down deep, dig it out wide
Dig it for pleasure and dig it for pride
Dig it for treasure, dig it for stones
Dig it for the metal and dig it for the bones
Dig

We old ones have seen two wars
We old ones have seen two wars

Dig it down deep, dig it out wide
Dig it for pleasure, you dig it for pride
Dig it for treasure, dig it for stones
Dig it for the metal and dig it for the bones

Dig for your life, dig to the death
Dig for salvation till your very last breath
Dig for protection, dig for release
Dig for resurrection, and dig it for peace

We old ones have seen two wars

When eyes meet in silence a pact can be made
A life-long alliance that won't be betrayed - won't be betrayed

Be friendly, befriend me now, be friendly

A friend is a friend - nothing can change that
Arguments, squabbles can't break the contract
That each of you makes to the death, to the end
Deliver your future into the hands of your friend

Be friendly, befriend me now
Be friendly, befriend me now
Be friendly, befriend me now, be friendly, yeah

A promise is a promise - a handshake will seal it
No amount of discussion can ever repeal it
Commitment forever to borrow or lend
Deliver your future into the hands of your friend

Be friendly, befriend me now
Come on, be friendly, befriend me now
Be friendly, befriend me now, be friendly

When eyes meet in silence a pact can be made - you need a pact
A life-long alliance that won't be betrayed - won't be betrayed
You need a mate - you need a mate
When facing the end
But what is the fate - what is the fate
Now facing my friend
Facing my friend, yeah, what faces my friend

Be friendly, befriend me now
Be friendly, befriend me now
Be friendly, befriend me now, be friendly

A friend is a friend - nothing can change that
Arguments, squabbles can't break the contract
That each of you makes to the death, to the end
Deliver your future into the hands of your friend, yeah

Be friendly
Be friendly, befriend me now
Be friendly, befriend me now

I eat heavy metal and gargle premium gas
I drink heavy water - nitro-demitasse
I eat heavy metal and chew up limousines
Munch barbed wire in my submarine

I like stainless razor, sharpen appetite
I can swallow laser if I'm eating light
I like anchor sandwich served on aluminum side
I like rusty fences, locomotive pie

Eat heavy metal, I don't truck with tinsel
Drink heavy water, I eat turbo schnitzel
I eat big transformers, I like stoves and cans
Tasty rolled-steel-girders, chomp copper pans

He eats heavy metal, he eats heavy metal
He eats heavy metal, he eats heavy metal

I'm gonna say it one more time for ya
I eat heavy metal and I gargle premium gas
I drink heavy water - nitro-demitasse
That's all I drink, people

He eats heavy metal, he eats heavy metal
He eats heavy metal, he eats heavy metal
He eats heavy metal, he eats heavy metal
He eats heavy metal, he eats heavy metal

I chase it with nitro, nitro-demitasse

He eats heavy metal, he eats heavy metal
He eats heavy metal, he eats heavy metal
He eats heavy metal, he eats heavy metal
He eats heavy metal, he eats heavy metal
He eats heavy metal, he eats heavy metal

You can wake deep in the night
And know that out of sight
A dangerous passion grows
A force you can't oppose

In the safety of your bed
You dream of a flaming head
You know you've lost your heart
You never even had a start

All shall be well and all shall be well
And all manner of things shall be well
All shall be well and all shall be well
And all manner of things shall be well

I was naked and dreaming behind locked doors
You still hear me screaming, "Take me I'm yours."
Take me I'm yours

Take me I'm yours - don't offer any other option
But one that restores this land to me
This land where the color of love is by decree, set it free

You can demand that love's defined
Before you jump in blind
Keep everything to plan
So you can remain a man

You can demand that your love is defined
Before you break and jump in blind
You have to keep everything to plan
Just so that you can remain a man

You have imprisoned half of your soul
You have denied the love that you hold
Your angry heart never seems to break
You've learned to give but not to take

One heart divided, cold civil wars
Like twenty million people crying, "Take me I'm yours."
Take me I'm yours

Take me I'm yours - don't offer any other option
But one that restores this land to me
This land where the color of love is by decree, set it free

All shall be well and all shall be well
And all manner of things shall be well
All shall be well and all shall be well
All shall be well and all shall be well

You can wake deep in the night
And find that out of sight
But right under your nose
A revolution grows

Was there life before this love
Was there love before this girl I can see
Was there ever love for her before me
And if I look will she look back at me
Is fantasy enough

Was there heat before this flame
Were there flames before this fire in my heart
Was I wrong about it from the start
Am I in ecstasy or next to see that fantasy's to blame
Was there life before this love

If I look up will she look back at me
Is fantasy enough

If this scene is in a dream
Then I'm perfect for the part I play
You can count on me to stand and say
"Was there ever life before this wonderful day?"

Was there heat before this flame
Were there flames before this fire in my heart
Was I wrong about it from the start
Am I in ecstasy or next to see that fantasy's to blame

If this dream's within a dream
Then I'll never swoon quite deep enough
No hypnotic trance quite sleep enough

If in this sweet dream I'm flying
I will never fly quite high enough
You will hear me crying high above
"Was there ever life before this wonderful love?"

Fast food - fast food
Feed me fast - feed me fast
I've been waiting for an eon - I've been waiting for an eon
And I just won't last - and I just won't last
I want fast food - I want fast food
I want food fast

Food, fast food - she wants fast food
She wants fast food - fast food fast

No I haven't booked
I don't want it grilled and I don't want it cooked
I don't even want it killed
If it's dead I heave, it makes me sick
So check that it can breathe and bring it to me quick

I want food, fast - I want fast food
Frisky little children - frisky little children
Served up in the nude - served up in the nude
Keep them coming - keep them coming
If you want my gratitude - if you want my gratitude
Bring me food, fast - yeah, I want fast food

Food, fast food - she wants fast food
She wants fast food - fast food fast

I must say it's gracious - I must say it's gracious
Of you all to multiply - of you all to multiply
For I am voracious - for I am voracious
And I need a huge supply - and I need a huge supply
Of organic, bleeding - of organic, bleeding
Palpitating swill - palpitating swill
I'm ready for feeding - I'm ready for feeding
And I don't want a bill - and I don't want a bill

I want food, fast - I want fast food
Pretty naked girls, preferably tattooed
I don't like fiber especially barbecued
I want food, fast - yeah, I want fast food

Long ago I used to grace
Vegetarian restaurants out in space
But here below I looked and saw
You were growing fat on the spoils of war

I want food fast - I want food fast
I want fast food - I want fast food
Pulsating organs - pulsating organs
Delicately chewed - delicately chewed
I want to be like you - I want to be like you
Rapacious and crude - rapacious and crude
I want food, fast - I want food, fast
Fast, you hear me - fast, you hear me 
I want fast food

Food, fast food - she wants fast food
She wants fast food - fast food fast

It's great to be down under - it's great to be down under
With you slobbering jackeroos - with us slobbering jackeroos
I'm partial to a chunder - she's partial to a chunder
Over throbbing kangaroos - over throbbing kangaroos
Now let your women breed - now let our women breed
Impale the sacred cow - impale the sacred cow
Because I'm dressed to feed - she's dressed to feed
And I'll breast feed now - she'll breast feed now

I want food, fast food
I want fast food
Because I'm so hungry, fast food
I want fast food
Because I'm so hungry, can you hear me

A fool says love is like a melody
Or something like a symphony
But this love is cacophony
Never changing key

We, we can't fool our audience
We put up such a poor pretense
Don't hide a shred of evidence
We have no defense

A fool says love is foolproof
A fool says love is foolproof
A fool says

We, we can't fool our audience
We put up such a poor pretense
Don't hide a shred of evidence
We have no defense

A fool says love is foolproof
A fool says love is foolproof
A fool says love is foolproof

Australia, Australia, Australia

Fire, I'll take you to burn
Fire, I'm gonna take you to learn
I'll see you burn

You fought hard and you saved and earned
Now all of it's going to burn
In your mind, your tiny mind
You know you've been completely blind
Don't you dream 
Don't you dream of what you left so far behind

Fire, fire, to destroy all we've done
Fire, to end all we've become
I'll see you burn

You were living your life just like a little girl
Spreading your wings in the middle of this little world
In your mind, your tiny mind
You know you've fallen far behind
Now you're gonna burn

Fire, to destroy all you've done
Fire, to end all you've become

You're gonna burn, ooh, you're gonna burn
You're gonna burn, burn, burn
You're gonna burn

Fire, fire, to destroy all you've done
And we'll all be as one
To destroy all you've done
Fire, fire, to destroy all you've done

What we want is a brand new year
Open your heart and set us free
What we need is a brand new life
We'll decide on our own destiny

What we want is a brand new life - a brand new life
Brother and sister - husband, wife
Single and lonely, living in fear
What we want is a brand new year

While this year is still young enough for laughter
We must insist that no tears follow after
Resolve to be strong and right the wrong
Inflicted on you and me

What we want is a brand new life
FOr brother and sister - husband, wife
Single and lonely, living in fear
What we want is a brand new year

Know there are changes waiting in the future
Some of them'll hurt ya, some of them'll suit ya
There's just one thing to be certain of
You control your own destiny

What we want is a brand new life
For brothers and sisters - husband, wife
The single and lonely, living in fear
What we want is a brand new year

What we want is a new conception
A child to lead us out of here
Free from mistrust with no deception
What we want is a brand new year

While the midnight bells are rung
We are waking from a peaceful dream
Where children go to school and play the fool
Decide their own destiny

While this year's still young
You've got to show us that our kids are totally free
They wanna go to school, they wanna play the fool
They gotta decide on their own destiny
Have to guide the course of their own destiny
They gotta have pride enough to know their own destiny, yeah

What we want is a brand new year
Open your hearts and set them free
What we want is a brand new life
And to decide on our own destiny

What do we want - what do we need
What do we want right now
What do we need right here
We want a brand new life now
We need a brand new year

Yeah, I said now

What we want is a brand new year
Open your hearts and set them free
What we want is a brand new life
And to decide on our own destiny
What we want is a brand new year
Open your hearts and set them free
What we want is a brand new life
And to decide on our own destiny

All shall be well and all shall be well
And all manner of things shall be well
All shall be well and all shall be well
And all manner of things shall be well
All shall be well and all shall be well
And all manner of things shall be well
All shall be well and all shall be well
And all manner of things shall be well
All shall be well and all shall be well
And all manner of things shall be well
All shall be well and all shall be well
And all manner of things shall be well
All shall be well and all shall be well
And all manner of things shall be well
All shall be well and all shall be well
And all manner of things shall be well
All shall be well and all shall be well
And all manner of things shall be well