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SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON  (1988)


 

 

 

1. Moon Child
2. Infinite Dreams
3. Can I Play With Madness
4. The Evil That Men Do
5. Massacre
6. Black Bart Blues
7. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
8. The Prophecy
9. The Clairvoyant
10. Only The Good Die Young
Vocals
Bruce Dickinson
Guitar
Dave Murray
Guitar
Adrian Smith
Bass
Steve Harris
Drums
Nicko Mcbrain

Moon Child

Seven deadly sins 
Seven ways to win 
Seven holy paths to hell 
And your trip begins

Seven downward slopes 
Seven bloodied hopes 
Seven are your burning fires 
Seven your desires....

I am he the bornless one 
The fallen angel watching you 
Babylon, the scarlet whore 
I'll infiltrate your gratitude 
Don't you dare to save your son 
Kill him now and save the young ones 
Be the mother of a birth strangled babe 
Be the devils own, Lucifer's my name

Moonchild - hear the mandrake scream 
Moonchild - open the seventh seal 
Moonchild - You'll be mine soon child 
Moonchild - take my hand tonight

I count the heads of those unborn 
The accursed ones I'll find them all 
And if you die by your own hand 
As a suicide you shall be damned 
And if you try to save your soul 
I will torment you - you shall not grow old 
With every second and passing breath 
You'll be so alone your soul will bleed to death 

Moonchild - hear the mandrake scream 
Moonchild - open the seventh seal 
Moonchild - You'll be mine soon child 
Moonchild - take my hand tonight

The twins they are exhausted, seven is this night 
Gemini is rising as the red lips kiss to bite 
Seven angels seven demons battle for his soul 
When Gabriel lies sleeping, this child was born to die

One more dies one more lives 
One baby cries one mother grieves 
For all the sins you will commit 
You'll beg forgiveness and none I'll give 
A web of fear shall be your coat 
To clothe you in the night 
A lucky escape for you young man 
But I'll see you damned in endless night


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Infinite Dreams

Infinite dreams

Infinite dreams I can't deny them 
Infinity is hard to comprehend 
I couldn't hear those screams 
Even in my wildest dreams

Suffocation waking in a sweat 
Scared to fall asleep again 
Incase the dream begins again 
Someone chasing I cannot move 
Standing rigid nightmare's statue 
What a dream when will it end 
And will I transcend?

Restless sleep the minds in turmoil 
One nightmare ends another fertile 
Getting to me so scared to sleep 
But scared to wake now, in too deep

Even though its reached new heights 
I rather like the restless nights 
It makes me wonder it makes me think 
There's more to this I'm on the brink 
It's not the fear of what's beyond 
It's just that I might not respond 
I have an interest almost craving 
But would I like to get too far in?

It can't be all coincidence 
Too many things are evident 
You tell me you're an unbeliever 
Spiritualist? Well me I'm neither 
But wouldn't you like to know 
The truth 
Of what's out there to have the proof 
And find out just which side 
You're on 
Where would you end in Heaven or 
In Hell?

Help me. Help me to find my true 
Self without seeing the future 
Save me, save me from torturing 
Myself even within my dreams

There's got to be just more to it 
Than this 
Or tell me why do we exist 
I'd like to think that when I die 
I'd get a chance another time 
And to return and live again 
Reincarnate, play the game 
Again and again and again


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Can I Play With Madness

Can I Play With Madness

Give me the sense to wonder 
To wonder if I'm free 
Give me a sense of wonder 
To know I can be me 
Give me the strength to hold my head up 
Spit back in their face 
Don't need no key to unlock this door 
Gonna break down the walls 
Break out of this bad place

Can I play with madness - the prophet stared at his crystal ball 
Can I play with madness - there's no vision there at all 
Can I play with madness - the prophet looked and he laughed at me 
Can I play with madness - he said you're blind too blind to see 

I screamed aloud to the old man 
I said don't lie don't say you don't know 
I say you'll pay for your mischief 
In this world or the next 
Oh and then he fixed me with a freezing glance 
And the hell fires raged in his eyes 
He said do you want to know the truth son 
- I'll tell you the truth 
Your soul's gonna burn in the lake of fire

Can I play with madness - the prophet stared at his crystal ball 
Can I play with madness - there's no vision there at all 
Can I play with madness - the prophet looked and he laughed at me 
Can I play with madness - he said you're blind too blind to see 

Can I play with madness - the prophet stared at his crystal ball 
Can I play with madness - there's no vision there at all 
Can I play with madness - the prophet looked and he laughed at me 
Can I play with madness - he said you're blind too blind to see 

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The Evil That Men Do

The Evil That Men Do

Love is a razor and I walked the line on that silver blade 
Slept in the dust with his daughter, her eyes red with 
The slaughter of innocence 
But I will pray for her 
I will call her name out loud 
I would bleed for her 
If only I could see her now

Living on a razors edge 
Balancing on a ledge 
Living on a razors edge

The evil that men do lives on and on..... 
The evil that men do lives on and on..... 
The evil that men do lives on and on..... 
The evil that men do lives on and on.....

Circle of fire my baptism of joy at an end it seems 
The seventh lamb slain, the book of life opens before me 
But I will pray for you 
And some day I may return 
Don't you cry for me 
Beyond is where I learn

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Massacre

At a point below zero 
There's no place left to go 
Six hundred unknown heroes 
Were killed like sleeping buffalo 
Through the devil's canyon 
Across the battlefield 
Death has no companion 
The spirit is forced to yield 
There goes the bandolero 
Through the hole in the wall 
He's a coward but doesn't care though 
In fact, he doesn't care at all 
The general that's commanding 
He's defending what he fears 
While the troops they are depending 
On reinforcements from the rear 
If God is in the heavens 
How can this happen here? 
In His name, they used the weapons 
For the massacre 
There is a point below zero 
Where the sun can see the land 
Six hundred unknown heroes 
Lay dead in the sand 

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Black Bart Blues


(spoken intro)

       Bruce: 'What the fuck is that?' 
       Nerd : 'Hi, guys, are you in a band or something?I mean it
               would be so cool if you were in a band 'cos you're
	       driving a big bus with band on the front of it' 
       Bruce: 'Why don't you shut up and get on board will ya?' 
       Nerd : 'Wow! I have it here you got a stereo and a microwave
               and, and you got a beer,I'd like a Heineken if you've
	       got one' that's real cool, that's great, yeah!' 
       Bruce: 'Would you like to see Black Bart?' 
       Nerd : 'Who's Black Bart?' 
       Bruce: 'Let me introduce you' 

Black Bart's seen it 
Black Bart knows 
Black Bart's done it 
The Black Bart blues 
Suspended in suspension 
Many evil nights in Tennessee, and elsewhere 
We all got to try the Black Bart blues 

Black Bart's truckin' ain't what it seems 
Black Bart's lookin' 
Don't know where she's been 
Maybe she's an acrobat 
Spends her evenings dancing on a pole 
We all got to try the Black Bart blues 
Black Bart tried most anything 
Black Bart liked it but he couldn't sing 
So he asked me to tell ya 
Try it for yourself and you will see 
We all got to try the Black Bart blues 

       (spoken) 
       Bruce: 'What did you do that for?' 
       Nerd : 'I'm sorry, I just..., I guess I'm not used to...' 
       Bruce: 'Shut up and get on with it will you' 

Black Bart's livin' across the ocean now 
Black Bart's lookin' to come back somehow 
So if you are a dancer, 
You could dance his pole in May 
That's a maypole 

Black Bart's coming 
Now Black Bart's gone 
Black Bart did it so I wrote this song 
Whatever and however, 
In and out or several at a time mmm yes! 
We all got to do the Black Bart blues 
Here comes the guitar solo 

We all got to try the Black Bart blues 
Yowsa! Yowsa! Yowsa! 

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Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

Here they stand brothers them all 
All the sons divided they'd fall 
Here await the birth of the son 
The seventh, the heavenly, the chosen one

Here the birth from an unbroken line 
Born the healer the seventh, his time 
Unknowingly blessed and as his life unfolds 
Slowly unveiling the power he holds

Seventh son of a seventh son 
Seventh son of a seventh son 
Seventh son of a seventh son 
Seventh son of a seventh son

Then they watch the progress he makes 
The Good and the Evil which path will he take 
Both of them trying to manipulate 
The use of his powers before it's too late

Seventh son of a seventh son 
Seventh son of a seventh son 
Seventh son of a seventh son 
Seventh son of a seventh son

Today is born the seventh one 
Born of woman the seventh son 
And he in turn of a seventh son 
He has the power to heal 
He has the gift of the second sight 
He is the chosen one 
So it shall be written 
So it shall be done

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The Prophecy

Now that I know that the right time has come 
My prediction will surely be true 
The impending disaster it looms 
And the whole of the village is doomed 
Why won't you listen to me 
It is so hard to understand 
That I am the real seventh son 
Your life or death on me depends

Suffering and pain impending disaster 
Souls crying the devil's laughter 
Heard the cry of the seven whistlers 
Lucifer smiles looks on and waits

I'll take your life in my hands 
Your fate your fortune's in my visions 
Heed what I say and you'll see 
What will be 
Please listen to me

Now that they see the disaster is done 
Now they put all the blame unto me 
They feel I brought on a curse 
Don't they know that the torment 
It stays with me knowing that I walk alone 
Through the eyes of the future I see 
They don't even know what fear is 
Don't they know I'm the one who is cursed

Purgatory beckons souls lost forever 
Life after death or heaven hereafter 
Heard the call of the seven whistlers again 
Now Lucifer laughs hell awaits

I had their lives in my hands 
Their fate their fortunes in my visions 
No one believed in my true prophecy 
And now it's too late


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The Clairvoyant

The Clairvoyant

Feel the sweat break on my brow 
Is it me or is it shadows that are 
Dancing on the walls 
Is this a dream or is it now 
Is this a vision or normality I see 
Before my eyes

I wonder why I wonder how 
That it seems the powers getting stronger 
Every day 
I feel a strength an inner fire 
But I'm scared I won't be able to control it anymore 

There's a time to live and a time to die 
When it's time to meet the maker 
There's a time to live but isn't it strange 
That as soon as you're born you're dying

Just by looking through your eyes 
He could see the future penetrating right 
In through your mind 
See the truth and see your lies 
But for all his power couldn't foresee his own demise 

There's a time to live and a time to die 
When it's time to meet the maker 
There's a time to live but isn't it strange 
That as soon as you're born you're dying... 
... and reborn again?

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Only The Good Die Young

The demon in your mind will rape you in your bed at night 
The wisdom of ages, the lies and outrages concealed 
Time it waits for no man 
My future it is revealed 
Time it waits for no man 
My fate is sealed

If I cancel tomorrow the undead will thank me today 
Fly in the face of your prophets I mock your morality plays 
The moon is red and bleeding 
The sun is burned and black 
The book of life is silent 
No turning back

Only the good die young 
All the evil seem to live forever 
Only the good die young 
All the evil seem to live forever 
Only the good die young 
Only the good die young

Mystery madman a victim of cruel charade 
Some innocent pawn in an end game one more stalemate 
Is death another birthday? 
A way to kiss your dreams goodbye? 
Do the undead live within us 
And look through our eyes?

Walking on water are miracles all you can trust 
Measure your coffin does it measure up to your lust? 
So I think I'll leave you 
With your bishops and your guilt 
So until the next time 
Have a good sin

Only the good die young 
All the evil seem to live forever 
Only the good die young 
All the evil seem to live forever 
Only the good die young 
Only the good die young

Seven deadly sins 
Seven ways to win 
Seven holy paths to hell

Seven downward slopes 
Seven bloodied hopes 
Seven are your burning fires 
Seven your desires...

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