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

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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

Children of the Damned

Children of the Damned

Children of the Damned

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

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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

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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

Charlotte, isn't it time you stopped all this mad life?

Don't you ever think about the bad times?

Why do you have to live this way?

Do you enjoy the lay or is it the pay?

Sometimes when you're strolling down the avenue

The way you walk, it makes men think of having you

When you're walking down the street

Everybody stops and turns to stare at you

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

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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

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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

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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

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(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