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| 1982 |
| Invaders (Steve Harris) Longboats have been sighted The evidence of war has begun Many Nordic fighting men Their swords and shields all gleam in the sun Call to arms, defend yourselves Get ready to stand and fight for your lives Judgement day has come around So be prepared, don�t run, stand your ground They�re coming in from the sea They�ve come, the enemy Beneath the blazing sun The battle has to be won Invaders... Pillaging Invaders... Looting Set ablaze the camp fires Alert the other men from inland Warning must be given There�s not enough men for a stand The Vikings are too many Too powerful to take on our own We must have reinforcements We cannot fight this battle alone They�re coming over the hill They�ve come to attack They�re coming in for the kill There�s no turning back Invaders... Fighting Invaders... Marauding Axes grind and maces clash As wounded fighters fall to the ground Severed limbs and fatal woundings Bloody corpses lay all around The smell of death and burning flesh The battle weary, fight to the end The Saxons have been overpowered Victims of the mighty Norsemen You�d better scatter and run The battle�s lost and not won You�d better get away To fight another day Invaders... Raping Invaders... Plundering ________ |
| Children of the Damned (Steve Harris) He�s walking like a small child But watch his eyes burn you away Black holes in his golden stare God knows he wants to go home Children of the Damned Children of the Damned Children of the Damned Children of the Damned He�s walking like a dead man If he had lived, he would have crucified us all Now he�s standing on his last step He though oblivion, well it beckons us all Children of the Damned (4 times) Now it�s burning his hands, he�s turning to laugh Smiles as the flames sears his flesh Melting his face, screaming in pain Peeling the skin from his eyes Watch him die according to plan He�s dust on the ground, what did we learn? You�re Children of the Damned Your back�s against the wall You turn into the light You�re burning in the night You�re Children of the Damned Like candles, watch them burn Burning in the light You�ll burn again tonight You�re Children of the Damned ________ |
| The Prisoner (Steve Harris / Adrian Smith) I�m on the run, I�ll kill to eat I�m starving now, feeling dead on my feet Going all the way, I�m nature�s beast Do what I want, I do as I please Run, you�ve gotta fight, to breathe, it�s tough Now you see me, now you don�t Break the walls, I�m coming out I�m not a prisoner, I�m a free man And my blood is my own now Don�t care where the past was I know where I�m going... out If you kill me, it�s self-defense If I kill you, then I call it vengeance Spit in your eye, I will defy You�ll be afraid when I call out your name Run, you�ve gotta fight, to breathe, it�s gotta tough Now you see me, and now you don�t Break the walls, I�m coming out I�m not a prisoner, I�m a free man And my blood is my own now Don�t care where the past was I know where I�m going... I�m not a number, I�m a free man I�ll live my life how I want to You�d better scratch me From your black book �Cause I�ll run rings around you _________ |
| 22 Acacia Avenue (Steve Harris / Adrian Smith) If you�re feeling down depressed and lonely I know a place where we can go 22 Acacia Avenue, meet a lady that I know So if you�re looking for a good time And you�re prepared to pay the price Fifteen quid is all she asks for Everybody�s got their vice If you�re waiting for a long time For the rest to do their piece You can tell her that you know me And you might even get it free So any time you�re down the East End Don�t you hesitate to go You can take my honest word for it She�ll teach you more than you can know 22, the avenue, that�s the place where we all go You will find it�s warm inside The red light�s burning bright tonight Beat her, mistreat her, do anything that you please Bite her, excite her, make her get down on her knees Abuse her, misuse her, she can take all that you�ve got Caress her, molest her, she always does what you want You�re running away, don�t you know what you�re doing Can�t you see it�ll lead you to ruins Charlotte, you�ve taken your life and you�ve thrown it away You believe that because what you�re earning Your life�s good, don�t you know that you�re hurting All the people that love you, don�t cast them aside All the men that are constantly drooling It�s no life for you, stop all that screwing You�re packing your bags and you�re coming with me __________ |
| The Number of the Beast (Steve Harris) I left alone, my mind was blank I needed time to get the memories from my mind What did I see? Can I believe? That what I saw last night was real and not just fantasy Just what I saw, in my old dreams Were they reflections of my warped mind staring back at me? �Cause in my dreams, it�s always there The evil face that twists my mind and rings me to despair The night was black, was no use holding back �Cause I just had to see, was someone watching me? In the mist, dark figures move and twist Was all this for real, or some kind of hell? 666, the number of the beast Hell and fire was spawned to be released Torches blazed and sacred chants were praised As they start to cry, hands held to the sky In the night, the fires burning bright The ritual has begun, Satan�s work is done 666, the number of the beast Sacrifice is going on tonight This can�t go on, I must inform the law Can this still be real, or some crazy dream? But I feel drawn towards the chanting hordes They seem to mesmerize, can�t avoid their eyes 666, the number of the beast 666, the one for you and me I�m coming back, I will return And I�ll possess your body, and I�ll make you burn I have the fire, I have the force I have the power to make my evil take its course __________ |
| Run to the Hills (Steve Harris) White man came across the sea Brought us pain and misery Killed our tribes, killed our creed Took our game for his own need We fought him hard, we fought him well Out on the plains, we gave him hell But many came, too much for Cree Oh, will we ever be set free? Run to the hills, run for your lives Run to the hills, run for your lives Soldier blue in the barren wastes Hunting and killing for game Raping the women and wasting the men The only good Indians are tame Selling them whiskey and taking their gold Enslaving the young and destroying the old Run to the hills, run for your lives Run to the hills, run for your lives _________ |
| Gangland (Adrian Smith / Clive Burr) Shadows may hide you, but also may be your grave You�re running today, maybe tomorrow you�ll be saved You pray for daylight to save you for a while You wonder if your children will face the killer�s smile Dead men, tell no tales In Gangland, murder�s up for sale Dead men, tell no tales In Gangland, where the jailbirds die Face at the window leers into your own But it�s only your reflection, still you tremble in your bones How long can you hide? How long until they come? A rat in a trap, but you�ve got to survive Once you were glad to be free for a while The air tasted good and the world was your friend Then came the day when the hard times began Now you�re alone, but alive for how long? A knife at your throat, another body on the pile A contract to keep and its service with a smile Murder for vengeance or murder for gain Death on the streets or a blacked out jail Dead men, tell no lies In Gangland, murder�s up for sale Dead men, tell no tales In Gangland, where jailbirds die In Gangland, you tell no tales __________ |
| Total Eclipse (Steve Harris / Dave Murray / Clive Burr) Cold as steel, the darkness waits its hour will come A cry of fear from our children worshipping the sun Mother natures� black revenge on those who waste her life War babies in the garden of Eden shall turn our ashes to ice Sunrise has gone freezing up the fires Sunrise has gone numbing our desires Around the world, the people stop with terror stricken eyes A shadow cast upon them all to crush them like a fly In the icy rain and whiplashed seas, there�s nowhere to run The hammer blows of winter fall like a hurricane Sunrise has gone freezing up the fires Sunrise has gone numbing our desires Around the world, the nations wait for some wise word form their leading light You know it isn�t only madmen who listen to fools Is this the end? The millions cried, clutching their riches as they died Those who survive must weather the storm Gone are the days when man looked down They�ve taken away his sacred crown To be set free, it took so long It�s not journeys end, it�s just _________ |
| Hallowed Be Thy Name (Steve Harris) I�m waiting in my cold cell, when the bell begins to chime Reflecting on my past life and it doesn�t have much time �Cause at 5 o�clock, they take me to the Gallows pole The sands of time for me are running low When the priest comes to read my the last rites I take a look through the bars at the last sights Of a world that has gone very wrong for me Can it be that there�s some sort of error? Hard to stop the surmounting terror Is it really the end? Not some crazy dream Somebody please tell me that I�m dreaming It�s not so easy to stop from screaming The words escape me when I try to speak Tears flow but why am I crying? After all, I�m not afraid of dying young Don�t I believe that there never is an end As the guards march me out the courtyard Somebody cries from a cell, �God be with you� If there�s a God, then why has he let me go? As I walk, all my life drifts before me Though the end is near, I�m not sorry Catch my soul, it�s willing to fly away Mark my words, believe my soul lives on Don�t worry now that I have gone I�ve gone beyond to see the truth When you know that your time is close at hand Maybe then you�ll begin to understand Life down here is just a strange illusion _________ |
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