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NO PRAYER FOR THE DYING  (1990)


 

 

 

1. Tailgunner
2. Holy Smoke
3. No Prayer For The Dying
4. Public Enema Number One
5. Fate's Warning
6. The Assassin
7. Run Silent Run Deep
8. Hooks In You
9. Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter
10. Mother Russia
Vocals
Bruce Dickinson
Guitar
Dave Murray
Guitar
Janick Gers
Bass
Steve Harris
Drums
Nicko Mcbrain

Tailgunner

Trace your way back 50 years
To the glow of dresden-blood and tears
In the black above by the cruel searchlight
Men will die and men will fight-yeah
Who shot who and who fired first?
Dripping death to whet the bloodthirst
No radar lock on-skin and bone
The bomber boys are going home

chorus

Climb into the sky never wonder why-tailgunner
You're a tailgunner

(repeat)

Nail that fokker kill that son.
Gonna blow your guts out with my gun
The weather forecasts good for war
Cologne and frankfurt?have some more
Tail end charlie in the boiling sky
The enola gay was my last try
Now that this tailgunner's gone
No more bombers (just one big bomb)

chorus

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Holy Smoke

Holy Smoke

Believe in me send no money 
I died on the cross and that ain't funny 
But my so called friends they're making me a joke 
They missed out what i said like i never spoke 
They choose what they wanna hear they don't tell a lie 
They just leave out the truth as they're watching you die 
They're saving your souls by taking your money 
Flies around shit bees around honey 
chorus 
Holy smoke holy smoke 
There's plenty bad preachers for the devil to stoke 
Feed 'em in feet first this is no joke 
This is thirsty work making holy smoke yeah 
Making holy smoke 
Jimmy reptile and all his friends 
Say they gonna be with you at the end 
Burning records burning books 
Holy soldiers nazi looks 
Crocodile smiles just wait a while 
Till the tv queen gets her make-up clean 
I've lived in filth i've lived in sin 
And i still smell cleaner than the shit you're in
 
repeat chorus
 
Holy smoke 
Smells good 
They ain't religious but they ain't no fools 
When noah built his cadillac it was cool 
Two by two they're still going down 
And the satellite circus just left town 
I think they're strange and when they're dead 
They can have a lincoln for their bed 
Friend of the president trick of the tail 
Now they ain't got a prayer 100 years in jail 
repeat chorus 
Holy smoke 
hah



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No Prayer For The Dying

There are times when i've wondered 
And times when i've cried 
When my prayers they were answered 
At times when i've lied 
But if you asked me a question 
Would i tell you truth 
Now there's something to bet on 
You've got nothing to lose

When i've sat by the window 
And gazed at the rain 
With an ache in my heart 
But never feeling the pain 
And if you would tell me 
Just what my life means 
Walking a long road 
Never reaching the end

God give me the answer to my life 
God give me the answer to my dreams 
God give me the answer to my prayers 
God give me the answer to my being

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Public Enema Number One

When it all comes down the line 
And the lights they turn to greed 
And you race off with your tyres screaming 
Rolling thunder 
And the people choke with poison 
Children cry in fear 
But you've got your fast bullet 
One way ticket outta here

chorus

Fall on your knees today 
And pray the world will mend its ways 
Get to your feet again 
Refugees from the heartbreak and the pain

In the cities in the streets 
There's a tension you can feel 
Breaking strain is fast approaching 
Guns and riots 
Politicians gamble and lie to save their skins 
And the press get fed the scapegoats 
Public enema number one

chorus

A million network slaves 
In an advertising new age 
I don't need a crystal ball to sell ya 
Your children have more brains 
Than your drug infested remains 
California dreaming as the earth dies screaming

chorus

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Fate's Warning

Why is it some of us are destined to stay alive 
And some of us are here just so that we'll die 
How come the bullet hits the other guy 
Do we have to try and reason why

chorus 
Be it the devil or be it him 
You can count on just one thing 
When the time is up you'll know 
Not just one power runs the show

Are we the lucky ones saved for another day 
Or they the lucky ones who are taken away 
Is it a hand on your shoulder from the lord above 
Or the devil himself come to give you a shove

chorus

A volcano erupts and sweeps a town away 
A hurricane devastates the cities in its way 
The grief and misery for the ones that are left behind 
The worst is yet to come a hell to face mankind


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The Assassin

Now the contracts out 
They've put the word about 
I'm coming after you

It's not the money i make 
It's the thrill of the chase 
And i'm coming after you

I watch your every move 
Study the things you do 
And the pattern of your ways

I watch the way you walk 
I hear your telephone talk 
I want to understand the way you think

chorus
 
Better watch out,cos i'm the assassin, 
Better watch out,better watch out 
(repeat)

I'm in a cold cold sweat 
I taste the smell of death 
I know the moment's getting closer

And as you walk to the light 
I feel my hands go tight 
Excitement running through my veins

I've got you in my sights 
I've got you dead to rights 
The triggers waiting for my finger

I feel adrenalin rush 
It's just the final touch 
You can kiss your arse goodbye

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Run Silent Run Deep

The convoy lights are dead ahead 
The merchantmen lay in their bed 
The thump of diesels hammers down 
In the oily sea-the killing ground 
His knuckles white his eyes alight 
He slams the hatch on the deadly night 
A cunning fox in the chickens lair 
A hound of hell and the devil don't care 

chorus 

Runing silent,runing deep,we are your final prayer 
Warriors in secret sleep,a merchantman's nightmare 
A silent death lies awaiting,for all of you below 
Running silent,running deep,sink into your silent sleep

Chill the hearts of fighting men 
In open ocean wondering when? 
The lethal silver fish will fly 
The boat will shiver-men will die 
A cast of millions-a part to play 
Killer?victim?or fool for a day 
Obeying an order-men have to die 
Us or them-a well rehearsed lie

chorus

The lifeboats shattered the hull is torn 
The tar black smell of burning oil 
On the way down to davy jones 
Every man for himself-you're on your own 
The wolf eyes watch the crosswire 
'stern tubes ready','aim and fire|' 
They can pin some medal on your chest 
But in two more weeks-dead like the rest

chorus

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Hooks In You

I got the keys to view at number 22 
Behind my green door there's nothing to see 
Stone cold sober and sitting in silence,laid 
Back and looking for symphaty 
I like a girl who knows where she's bound 
I don't like girls who've been hanging around

chorus 
Hooks in you,hooks in me,hooks in the ceiling 
for that well hung feeling 
No big deal,no big sin,strung up on love i 
got the hooks screwed in

chorus

She's tied up she can't come to the phone 
You msut have got your wires crossed cos she ain't home 
Knock on wood-you know i like that sound 
She never could keep her feet on the ground

chorus

Right on the money got it wrapped up tight 
New ideas for the decor tonight 
Gonna make this house a preservation zone 
Gonna set her in concrete set her up on her own


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Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter

Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter   Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter


Honey its getting close to midnight 
And all the myths are in town 
True love and lipstick on your linen 
Bite the pillow make no sound 
If there's some living to be done 
Before your life becomes your tomb 
You'd better know that i'm the one 
So unchain your back door invite me around

Honey its getting close to daybreadk 
The sun is creeping in the sky 
No patent remedies for heartache 
Just empty words and humble pie

So get down on your kneees honey 
Assume an attitude 
You just pray that i'll be waiting 
Cos you know i'm coming soon

So pick up your foolish pride,no going back 
No where,no way,no place to hide

Bring your daughter,bring your daughter to the slaughter 
Let her go,let her go,let her go

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Mother Russia


Mother russia how are you sleeping 
Middle winter cold winds blow 
From the trees the snowflakes drifting 
Swirling round like ghosts in the snow

Mother russia poetry majestic 
Tells the time of a great empire 
Turning round the old man ponders 
Reminiscing an age gone by

Mother russia 
Dance of the tsars 
Hold up your heads 
Be proud of what you are 
Now it has come 
Freedom at last 
Turning the tides of history 
And your past

Mother russia 
Dance of the tsars 
Hold up your heads 
Remember who you are 
Can you release 
The anger the grief 
Can you be happy 
Now your people are free


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