BEST OF THE B'SIDES

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(2002)

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  Burning Ambition  
  Drifter (live)  
  Invasion  
  Remember Tomorrow (live)  
  I've Got The Fire  
  Cross Eyed Mary  
  Rainbow's Gold  
  King Of Twilight  
  Reach Out  
  That Girl  
  Juanita  
  The Sheriff Of Huddersfield  
  Black Bart Blues  
  Prowler '88  
  Charlotte The Harlot '88  
  All In Your Mind  
  Kill Me Ce Soir  
  I'm A Mover  
  Communication Breakdown  
  Nodding Donkey Blues  
  Space Station No. 5  
  I Can't See My Feelings  
  Roll Over Vic Vella  
  Justice Of The Peace  
  Judgement Day  
  My Generation  
  Doctor Doctor  
  Blood On The World's Hands (live)  
  The Aftermath (live)  
  Futureal (live)  
  Wasted Years '99 (live)  

 

BURNING AMBITION

(Harris)

IM

So you think you can own me well you'd better just think again
You'd better watch your step now woman cause I ain't like those other men
There's something burning inside me that makes me want to be free
And when I get these feelings honey you better keep away from me
IM
There's things in life now baby that I know I've got to do
And I need your love now baby to help me see it through
IM
So you think you can own me well you'd better just think again
You'd better watch your step now woman cause I ain't like those other men
Look out...yeah
IM
So you think you can own me well you'd better just think again
You'd better watch your step now woman cause I ain't like those other men
There's something burning inside me that makes me want to be free
And when I get these feelings honey you better keep away from me

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DRIFTER (LIVE)

(Harris)

IM

Look out now baby won't you take me away

Sitting here I think it's gonna be a new day

IM

Gonna sing my song, 'til I can't go on

Gonna keep on roaming, gonna sing my song

IM
What you feeling when you hold me tight, gonna cuddle up to you tonight
Gonna get you feeling so secure, listen child don't you see there's a cure
Anywhere got to get you away, feels so good think it's gonna be a new day
IM
Gonna get my song, 'til I can't go on
Gonna keep on roaming, gotta sing my song
IM
What you feeling when you hold me tight, I wanna cuddle up to you tonight
Gonna get you feeling so secure, listen child don't you see there's a cure
Anywhere got to get you away, feels so good think it's gonna be a new day
IM
Gonna get my song, 'til I can't go on
Gonna keep on roaming, gotta sing my song
IM
Gonna sing my song yeah, and it won't take long
Gonna sing my song yeah, won't you sing along
I want you to sing it, sing it, sing it, sing it along

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INVASION

(Harris)

IM

The Vikings are coming
You'd better get ready for we're having a fight
The longboats are coming
It's looking like their [?] in the dead of the night
Muster the men from all the villages
You'd better get ready to fight with your enemies
Beacons are burning
I'm giving the word to get ready to fight
The battle is nearing
You'd better get ready to fight for your lives
Muster the men from all the villages
You'd better get ready to fight with your enemies
IM
The Norsemen are coming
The Norsemen are coming
The warnings are given
The Norsemen are coming
IM
The Norsemen are coming
The Norsemen are coming
The warnings are given
The Norsemen are coming
IM
Raping and pillaging
Robbing and looting the land
Raping and pillaging
Robbing and looting the land
IM
Viking raiders from afar
IM
The Norsemen are coming
The Norsemen are coming
The warnings are given
The Norsemen are coming
IM
The Norsemen are coming
The Norsemen are coming
The warnings are given
The Norsemen are coming
IM
Raping and pillaging
Robbing and looting the land
Raping and pillaging
Robbing and looting the land
IM
Viking raiders from afar

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REMEMBER TOMORROW (LIVE)

(Harris/Di'anno)

IM

Unchain the colours before my eyes, yesterdays sorrows tomorrows white lies

Scan the horizon the clouds take me higher, I shall return from out of the fire

IM

Tears for remembrance and tears for joy, tears for somebody and this lonely boy

Out in the madness the all seeing eye, flickers above us to light up the sky

IM

Unchain the colours before my eyes, yesterdays sorrows tomorrows white lies

Scan the horizon the clouds take me higher, I shall return from out the fire

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I'VE GOT THE FIRE

(Ronnie Montrose)

IM

If you're looking for someone that you can keep then, baby, pass me by

And if you wanted something that's twenty years deep

Baby, don't even try

And if you wanted someone to take your soul

I'll lift you up little bit higher

IM
I've got the fire
I've got the fire
IM
So you think I'm skinny, don't you sell me cheap
I'm as wide as a country-mile
Some like it wide, I like it deep
Guess which one is my style
So you think you can beat me by my own game
Maybe I call you a liar
IM
I've got the fire
I've got the fire

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CROSS EYED MARY

(I Anderson)

IM

Who would be a poor man a beggar man a thief

If he had a rich man in his hand

And who would steal the candy from a laughing baby's mouth

If he could take it from the money man

IM

Cross-eyed Mary goes jumping in again

She signs no contract but she always plays the game
She dines in Hampstead village on expense accounted gruel
And the jack knife barber drops her off at school
IM
Laughing in the playground gets no kicks from little boys
Would rather make it with a letching gay
Or maybe her attention is drawn by Aqualung
Who watches through the railings as they play
IM
Cross-eyed Mary finds it hard to get along.
A poor man's rich girl and she'll do it for a song
A rich man's stealer but her favour's good and strong
She's the Robin Hood of Highgate helps the poor man get along
IM
Laughing in the playground gets no kicks from little boys
Would rather make it with a letching gay
Or maybe her attention is drawn by Aqualung
Who watches through the railings as they play

IM

Cross-eyed Mary goes jumping in again

She signs no contract but she always plays the game
She dines in Hampstead village on expense accounted gruel
And the jack knife barber drops her off at school
IM
Cross-eyed Mary
Cross-eyed Mary

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RAINBOW'S GOLD

(Terry Slesser/Kenny Mountain)

IM

In the heat of the morning

When your day is still dawning

And your bird she's singing

Catch your soul he's willing to fly away

IM

Packed your bags in a hurry

Because your mind's in a worry
Mark my words you're gonna be sorry if you ever fly away
IM
Sweet little girl with the Saint Da Vinci smile
Stares at me with sadness in her eyes
I'm not sure if she's really real or make believe
Maybe she's a vision that comes to only me
Cause I'm so tired
Yes I'm so tired
So tired
Yes I'm so tired
IM

In the heat of the morning

When your day is still dawning

And your bird she's singing

Catch your soul he's willing to fly away

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KING OF TWILIGHT

(Nektar)

IM

I've been trying, trying so hard

I've been crying, crying in the dark

Don't forsake me the time of mine is near

Don't ever break me and the world that brought me here

IM

Sick and lonely waiting for you

Sick and lonely wondering what to do
Can you hear me when I say to you
You give me your hand I'll give mine to you
IM
When the king of twilight shows me
I will take ten steps to see
Forty leaves I pay for freedom
For a chance to be free
For a chance to be free
IM
When the king of twilight calls you
Take a step and you will see
We all need a quick solution

For a chance to be free

For a chance to be free

Free

IM

When the king of twilight shows me

I will take ten steps to see

Forty leaves I pay for freedom
For a chance to be free
For a chance to be free

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REACH OUT

(Dave Colwell)

IM

It's over your head

And you don't seem to understand

One word I say

And you can't live your life

Trying to run away

You're fighting your friends
You're wearing everybody out
But it never ends
You're wearing me out
IM
Come on
Reach out
And let somebody in your life
IM
Don't get me wrong
You always apologise
It's just your way
Of making a scene
You need to be loved
It's not such a crime
IM
Come on
Reach out...Reach out
And let somebody in your life
IM
Come on
Reach out...Reach out
And let somebody in your life
IM
Over your head

You just don't seem to understand

One word I say

And you can't live your life

You got so much love

It's burning inside

IM

Come on
Reach out...Reach out
And let somebody in your life
IM
Come on
Reach out...Reach out
And let somebody in your life
IM
Come on
Reach out...Reach out
And let somebody in your life

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THAT GIRL

(A Barnett/P Jupp/M Goldsworth)

IM

The words she said turned out why

Desperation fills her eyes

Hold her in your arms

Don't let go

When you taste defeat when you loose again

Fight and win never give in
Hold her in your arms
Don't let go
IM
That girl you need
Gonna knock you off your feet
That girl you know
She'll never let you go
IM
That girl, that girl, that girl you need
That girl, that girl, that girl
IM
Can you hear her call, call out your name
Think about you cry without you
Hold her in your arm
Don't let go
Can you taste defeat when you loose again
Fight and win never give in
Hold her in your arms
Don't let go
IM
That girl you need
Gonna knock you off your feet
That girl you know
She'll never let you go
IM
That girl, that girl, that girl you need
That girl, that girl, that girl, that girl
IM
That girl, that girl, that girl you need
That girl, that girl, that girl you need
IM
That girl, that girl, that girl you need
That girl, that girl, that girl, that girl you need

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JUANITA

(S Barnacle/D O'Neill)

IM

Yeah it cost me a bundle

Trying to track you down

It's true

Yeah and it's the truth

I'm looking from town to town for you

You know you never offered much security
Do you know I'm gonna get you back?
You just wait and see
IM
I'm never goin back Juanita
I know you never got my call
I'm never goin back Juanita
Never at all
IM
Yeah I'm spending a long time
Trying to work it out for true
Yeah it's such a small crime
Thirsting over you
Living in a Chelsea flat
Seems so lonely now
I just know I gotta get you back
I just don't know how
IM
I'm never goin back Juanita
I know you never got my call
I'm never goin back Juanita
Never at all
IM
I'm never goin back Juanita
I'm never goin back Juanita
I'm never goin back Juanita
Never at all
Never never at all
Never never at all
IM
Yeah I just got to tell you
I'm gonna leave it up to you
Yeah yeah what more can I say?
What more can can I do?
Living in a Chelsea flat
Seems so lonely now
I just know I gotta get you back
I just don't know how
IM
I'm never goin down on Juanita
Never gonna make that call
I'm ever goin down on Juanita
Never at all
IM
I'm never goin down on Juanita
Never gonna make that call
Never goin down on Juanita
Two fingers at all
IM
I'm never goin back Juanita
I'm never goin down on you Juanita
I'm never goin back Juanita
IM
I'm never goin back Juanita
I'm never goin back Juanita
Never at all

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THE SHERIFF OF HUDDERSFIELD

(Iron Maiden)

IM

Life in a city living in L.A.

Is a long way from Huddersfield Town

The back of the Rainbow's a long way from heaven

But that's where he gets his pork pie

Limos and ladies they're driving him queasy

Rugby and cricket's unknown
Baseball and football they're making him lazy
Your fan club says "Rodney come home"
IM
The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
Look down on Hollywood Hills
The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
You're our own Hot Rod on wheels
IM
A good game of arrows a few dozen barrels
The Nautilus rusts in the yard
But for Yorkshire he's yearning but because he's earning
He'll always live in L.A.
A custom made wallet that stays in his pocket
And never comes out to pay bills
He's winning at poker and playing the Joker
And he always cheats when he deals
IM
The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
Look down on Hollywood Hills
The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
You're our own Hot Rod on wheels
IM
(Rodney's rap)
IM
"Hello, let me introduce myself
My name is Rodney. I'm immensely strong
When I were a lad I could lift up five
Navies on an end of a shovel
The reason I never took martial arts because
I was immensely fearsome and
I'd probably kill everybody
I came into contact with
I was phenomenally strong
Pride and ego my lads pride and ego
Is what makes the world rotate
And everybody knows the centre of the universe is Huddersfield
But I don't live there anymore
I live in Los Angeles
It's great!... I think"
IM
Rufus the red has a crane by his bed
To wrench himself up in the morn'
But if you dare to tread at the foot of his bed
You'll wish you'd never been born
A bear with a sore head we mean your forehead
He slumbers for most of the day
Wide eyed and legless baked beans for breakfast
Your problem Rodney L.A.
IM
The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
Look down on Hollywood Hills
The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
You're our own Hot Rod on wheels
IM
The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
Look down on Hollywood Hills
The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
You're our own Hot Rod on wheels
 

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BLACK BART BLUES

(Harris/Dickinson)

IM

"What the fuck is that?"

IM

"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"
IM
"Why don't you shut up and get on board will ya?"
IM
"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!"
IM
"Would you like to see Black Bart?"
IM
"Who's Black Bart?"
IM
"Let me introduce you"
IM
Black Bart's seen it
Black Bart knows
Black Bart's done it
The Black Bart blues
Suspended in suspension
Medieval 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
IM
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
IM
"What did you do that for?"
IM
"I'm sorry... I just... I guess... I'm not used to..."
IM
"Shut up and get on with it will you"
IM
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 around his pole in May
That's a maypole
IM
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
IM
We all got to try the Black Bart blues
Yowsa! Yowsa! Yowsa!

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PROWLER '88

(Harris)

IM

Walking through the city, looking oh so pretty

I've just got to find my way

IM

See the ladies flashing, all their legs and lashes

I've just got to find my way

IM

Well you see me crawling through the bushes with it open wide

What you seeing girl?

Can't you believe that feeling

Can't you believe it

Can't you believe your eyes?

It's the real thing girl

IM

Got me feeling myself, and reeling around

Got me talking, but feel like walking around

I'm on my way

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CHARLOT THE HARLOT '88

(Murray)

IM

Giving a swish with your arse in the air, don't you know what they're saying?

Charlotte you're so refined, when you take all the love that they're giving
IM

Sticking with every man that you find, don't you know what they're after?

Charlotte you've got your legs in the air, don't you hear all their laughter?
IM
Charlotte the harlot show me your leg
Charlotte the harlot take me to bed
Charlotte the harlot let me see blood
Charlotte the harlot let me see love
IM
There was a time when you left me standing there, picking up pieces of love from the floor
Well Charlotte you left me alone in there, to make your ends as a bloody whore
IM
Well Charlotte you told me you loved me true, picking up pieces of love yesterday
Well Charlotte your drawers are off colour too, 'cause you're making love all day
IM
Taking so many men to your room don't you feel no remorse
You charge them only a fiver for starters, and ten the main course
IM
You've got no feelings, they died long ago
Don't you care who you let in, don't you know you're breaking the law with the service you're giving
IM
Charlotte the harlot show me your leg
Charlotte the harlot take me to bed
Charlotte the harlot let me see blood
Charlotte the harlot let me see love

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ALL IN YOUR MIND

(Del Bromham)

IM

Look inside your head and find tell me now and it's all in your mind

Look inside your head and find a way deep inside and it's all in your mind
IM
It's all in your mind

It's all in your mind

IM
Revolution, air pollution, Chairman Mao Tse Tung is in your mind
"But he's dead pal... He's not very well anyway..."
A new day breaking people hating
Love's a dream and it's all in your mind
IM
It's all in your mind

It's all in your mind

IM
Segregation, preservation, politicians all are in your mind
Pewter suta, Karma Sutra, even Blanckenheimer's in your mind
Yes...
IM
It's all in your mind
It's all in your mind

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KILL ME CE SOIR

(George Kooymans/Barry Hay)

IM

Remember that song called kill me

From Victim's last LP
Too much for a risk for a golden disc

The price he paid for money

IM
Ce Soir, Ce Soir
Assassination d'un Rock & Roll star
Ce Soir, Ce Soir
Assassination d'un Rock & Roll star
IM
Sing your song you can't go wrong
Tempted his business adviser
No need for alarm you'll come to no harm
He didn't mention the sniper
IM
Ce Soir, Ce Soir
Assassination d'un Rock & Roll star
Ce Soir, Ce Soir
Assassination d'un Rock & Roll star
IM
The news is read the need is fed
One yawn two yawn
And back to bed
Turn off the light and hold me tight
C'mon maman bend down your head
And just sing on immortal song
IM
Fini, belle vie, bonne nuit
IM
Remember that song called kill me
A lecture on political chicanery
Of peoples rape recorded on tape
Brought shame to the presidency
IM
Tonight, Tonight
One more point for human rights
Tonight, Tonight
One more point for human rights
IM
Remember that song called kill me
Once used by a man from Gallilea
He had nothing to lose he was King of the Jews
Secured his place in history
IM
Ce Soir, Ce Soir
Assassination d'un provocateur
Ce Soir, Ce Soir
Assassination d'un provocateur
IM
The news is read the poison's spread
One yawn two yawn
And back to bed
Turn off the light and hold me tight
C'mon maman bend down your head
And just sing on immortal song
IM
Fini, belle vie
IM
Turn off the light and hold me tight
C'mon...
IM
Vick played his part with all his heart
He wasn't prepared for the shock
When the howling lead bit into his head
A new martyr for the book of rock
When the howling lead bit into his head
A new martyr for the book of rock
IM
Ce Soir
Assassination d'un Rock & Roll star
Ce Soir, Ce Soir
Assassination d'un Rock & Roll star
IM
Ce Soir
Assassination d'un Rock & Roll provocateur
Ce Soir, Ce Soir, Ce Soir
Assassination d'un Rock & Roll star

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I'M A MOVER

(Andy Fraser/ Paul Rodgers)

IM

I was born by the river just like this river

I've been moving ever since
Ain't got nobody to call my own

You know I've been moving since the day I was born

Life is a game just made for fun
You know I don't love nobody I don't love no one
Yes I'm a mover baby
IM
Following the footsteps
One fine day when I asked the wise man which was the way he said
"Follow your heart and look for yourself
And come back and tell me what you have learned"
IM
Yes I'm a mover baby
IM
Went back and told him I found me a wife
Eleven children and a real good life
Told him of love and there's a happy home
But I need, need to return to that long winding road
IM
Yes, I'm a mover, baby
Gotta move on down
Move on

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COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN

(Bonham/Jones/Page/Plant)

IM

Hey girl, stop what you're doin'

Hey girl, you'll drive me to ruin
I don't know what it is that I like about you

But I like it a lot

Won't let me hold you
Let me feel your lovin' touch
IM
Communication Breakdown
It's always the same
I'm having a nervous breakdown
Drive me insane!
IM
Hey girl, I got something I think you ought to know
Hey girl, I wanna tell you that I love you so
I wanna hold you in my arms, yeah!
I'm never gonna let you go
'Cause I like your charms
IM
Communication Breakdown
It's always the same
I'm having a nervous breakdown
Drive me insane!
IM
Communication Breakdown
It's always the same
I'm having a nervous breakdown
Drive me insane!
IM
Communication Breakdown
Communication Breakdown
Communication Breakdown
Communication Breakdown
IM
Communication Breakdown
Communication Breakdown

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NODDING DONKEY BLUES

(Iron Maiden)

IM

Settle down

She's got legs... like an airship, She's got an ass.... like (unintelligible)
She's got tits... just like hot air balloons... and I mean the Hindenburg!

She's the biggest girl, I'm gonna get there soon

Yeah you know what I mean
She's got love when you want it, but she never lets go when you get it
You disappear inside, you're never seen again... lost forever!
She's the biggest girl, I'm gonna get there soon
Alright, here we go...
Should be some kind of guitar solo here...
Well I met her in a bar, she was propping up the wall
I don't think she was available, she was made of concrete (unintelligible)
I met her in a bar, she was propping up the wall
In fact she was nailed to it
I gotta admit, (unintelligible) babe... lets get down to it baby
She had a brain like a sheep-dip
She got (unintelligible) like a shepherd (unintelligible)
She was a big girl, she was big
I mean she was big, she was fucking huge! Enormous!
Needed a sign overhead (unintelligible)
Never even had landing permission!
One more!
Oh we sailed across the ocean you and me
I looked like a flea on the back of a sperm whale
Oh yeah, I was waving a match inside the Albert Hall

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SPACE STATION NO. 5

(Montrose/Hagar)

IM

Start with the sun

And move on out
The future's in the skies above

The heavens unfold

And a new star is born
Space and time makin' love
IM
Oh what a time we had
Living on the ground
I've moved to station #5
See you next time around
IM
Next time around
IM
As far you want, move on out
It's all in the mind, you know
This old world hasn't really seen it's day
It's here, time to go
IM
Oh what a time we had
Living on the ground
I've moved to station #5
See you next time around
IM
Remember when it was so clear
We were young, but the memory still remains
To pick fruit from a tree
Fish from the seas
Now nothing's left here, but the stains
Well I can't cry no more
Can only be glad
There's other places we can be
If the time suits you right
I'm leaving tonight
Come fly away
With me!
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Oh, yeah
IM
Start with the sun
And move on out
The future's in the skies above
The heavens unfold
A new star is born
Space and time makin' love
IM
Oh what a time we had
Living on the ground
I've moved to station #5
See you next time around

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I CAN'T SEE MY FEELINGS

(Burke Shelley/Tony Bourge/Steve Williams)

IM

I can't see my feelings

Open my eyes
I can't see my feelings

Open a pair of eyes

IM
I can't see my feelings
Keep them behind
I just keep on reeling
Honey please tell me why
IM
I can't stand that screaming
Don't even try
Music fans some feelings
It'll be tell me why
IM
I can't stop that feeling
Showing me why
Man I love that feeling
Yeah, blowin' me right through the sky

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ROLL OVER VIC VELLA

(Originally Roll Over Beethoven by Chuck Berry - with lyrics adapted by Steve Harris)

IM

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JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

(Murray/Harris)

IM

Have you heard on the news

Another let off madman
Another screw on the loose

Is it the judge or the bad man

What's the matter these days
No one has the courage to put them away
Nobody has any faith
'Cause there's a breakdown of justice and order
IM
Waiting for justice, waiting for justice of the peace
Waiting for justice, waiting for justice of the peace
IM
When I remember back the memories of yesteryear
With all the friends and all the times
When people were carefree
And walking down the street
When everyone knew everyone
And all the houses doors were open

No one had to care those days are gone

Those days are gone

Those days are gone
IM
Waiting for justice, waiting for justice of the peace
Waiting for justice, waiting for justice of the peace
IM
I long for the times when you could
Wander down the street unharmed

When people didn't have much money

But didn't seem to care
It must be the cynic in me
But I don't really like things now
The violence the attitudes
Aggression that you see everyday
A sick society looks the other way

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JUDGEMENT DAY

(Bayley/Gers)

IM

There are no marks upon a man

That can say he's good or bad
No label and no tell tale sign

That can show he's full of lies

IM
By your deeds you will be known
Time will tell truth will show
As we exhale every breath
We all get closer to our death
What will you say
What will you say
On judgement day
On judgement day
IM
When you look into their eyes
You don't know what they hide
No label and no tell tale sign
That can show he's full of lies
IM
By your deeds you will be known
Time will tell truth will show
As we exhale every breath
We all get closer to our death
What will you say
What will you say
On judgement day
On judgement day

IM

Ignorance is bliss is that the reason

We can not read another's mind

If we knew what thoughts were dancing
Through each others heads
Would we all be driven mad
Would we all be dead
IM
By your deeds you will be known
Time will tell truth will show
As we exhale every breath
We all get closer to our death
What will you say
What will you say
On judgement day
On judgement day
On judgement day
On judgement day

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MY GENERATION

(The Who)

IM

People try to put us d-down, talkin' 'bout my generation

Just because we get around, talkin' 'bout my generation
Things they do look awful c-c-cold, talkin' 'bout my generation

I hope I die before I get old, talkin' 'bout my generation

This is my generation
This is my generation, baby
IM
Why don't you just f-fade away? talkin' 'bout my generation
Yeah, don't try and dig what we all s-s-say, talkin' 'bout my generation
I'm not tryin' to cause a big s-s-sensation, talkin' 'bout my generation
I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-g-generation, talkin' 'bout my generation
It's my generation
It's my generation, baby
It's my generation, baby
It's my generation, baby
It's my generation, baby
It's my generation, baby
IM
Talkin' 'bout my generation
It's my generation
It's my generation
IM
Why don't you all f-fade away? talkin' 'bout my generation
Yeah, don't try d-dig what we all s-s-s-s-s-say
Talkin' 'bout my generation
Not tryin' to cause a big sensation, talkin' 'bout my generation
Just talkin' 'bout my g-generation, talkin' 'bout my generation
Yeah, my generation
This is my generation, baby
Generation, generation
IM
People try to put us d-down, talkin' 'bout my generation
Just because we g-g-g-get around, talkin' 'bout my generation
Things they do look awful c-c-cold, talkin' 'bout my generation
I hope I die before I get old, talkin' 'bout my generation

It's my generation

This is my generation, baby

IM
Ma-ma-my generation
Talkin' 'bout my generation, talkin' about
Talkin' 'bout my generation, my generation
Talkin' 'bout my generation, my generation
Talkin' 'bout my generation, my generation
Talkin' 'bout my generation. yes, my generation, baby
Talkin' 'bout my generation, yes, my generation
Talkin' 'bout my generation, yes, my generation
Talkin' 'bout my generation, yes, my generation
Talkin' 'bout my generation, it's my generation

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DOCTOR DOCTOR

(UFO)

IM

Doctor doctor, please, oh, the mess I'm in

Doctor doctor, please oh, the mess I'm in
She walked up to me and really stole my heart

And then she started to take my body apart

IM
Livin' lovin' I'm on the run
So far away from you
Livin' lovin' I'm on the run
So far away from you
IM
Doctor doctor, please, oh, I'm goin' fast
Doctor doctor, please, oh, I'm goin' fast
It's only just a moment she's turning paranoid
That's not a situation for a nervous boy
IM
Livin' lovin' I'm on the run
So far away from you
Livin' lovin' I'm on the run
So far away from you
IM
Doctor doctor, please, oh, the mess I'm in
Doctor doctor, please, oh, the mess I'm in
But you look so angry as I crawled across your floor
She's got the strength and I can't take any more
IM
Livin' lovin' I'm on the run
So far away from you
Livin' lovin' I'm on the run
So far away from you
IM
Doctor doctor, please, oh, the mess I'm in
Doctor doctor, please, oh, the mess I'm in
But you look so angry as I crawled across your floor
She's got the strength and I can't take any more

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BLOOD ON THE WORLD'S HANDS (LIVE)

(Harris)

IM

Sometimes it makes me wonder, sometimes it makes me question
Sometimes it makes me saddened, always it makes me angry but...
IM
When you can see it happening, the madness that's all around you
Nobody seems to worry, the world seems so powerless to act...
IM
It's out of control
Blood on The World's Hands
Each day a new toll
IM
Another assassination, the same day a new creation
But what are they coming into, security of a world that brings...
IM
One day another killing, somewhere there's someone starving
Another a savage raping, meanwhile there's someone laughing at us
IM
It's out of control
Blood on The World's Hands
Each day it goes on
IM
Blood on The World's Hands, Blood on The World's Hands
Blood on The World's Hands, Blood on The World's Hands
IM
Blood on The World's Hands, Blood on The World's Hands
Blood on The World's Hands, Blood on The World's Hands
IM
Brutality and aggression, tomorrow another lesson
Expecting another air raid, praying for a ceasefire...
IM
They say things are getting better, no need to be complacent
There's chaos across the border, and one day it could be happening to us
IM
It's out of control
Blood on The World's Hands
It's our epitaph
It's out of control
Someone should know
Blood on The World's Hands
Someone should...

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THE AFTERMATH (LIVE)

(Harris/Bayley/Gers)

IM

Silently to silence fall
In the fields of futile war
Toys of death are spitting lead
Where boys that were our soldiers bled
War horse and war machine
IM
Curse the name of liberty
Marching on as if they should
Mix in the dirt our brothers' blood
IM
In the mud and rain
What are we fighting for
Is it worth the pain
Is it worth dying for
Who will take the blame
Why did they make a war
Questions that come again
Should we be fighting at all
IM
Once a ploughman hitches his team
Here he sowed? his little dream
Now bodies arms and legs are strewn
Where mustard gas and barbwire bloom
Each moment's like a year
I've nothing left inside for tears
Comrades dead or dying lie
I'm left alone asking why
IM
In the mud and rain
What are we fighting for
Is it worth the pain
Is it worth dying for
Who will take the blame
Why did they make a war
Questions that come again
Should we be fighting at all
IM
After the war
Left feeling no one has won
After the war
What does a soldier become
IM
War is over and battles are gone
After the war no one has won
I'm just a soldier

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FUTUREAL (LIVE)

(Harris/Bayley)

IM

I'm running out of my time, I'm running out of breath

And now it's getting so I can't sleep at night, in the day, feel like death

IM

I'm getting in far too deep, I feel them closing in

I've got to say that I'm scared, I know they'll win, even so, I'm prepared

IM

Do you believe what you hear

Can you believe what you see

Do you believe what you feel

Can you believe

What is real? Futureal

What is real?

IM

Whenever anyone seems to treat me like a freak

It makes me see I'm the only one who feels, that I know what is real

IM

Sometimes it feels like a game of deadly hide and seek

And when you're reading this then I will be gone, maybe then you will see

IM

Do you believe what you hear

Can you believe what you see

Do you believe what you feel

Can you believe

What is real? Futureal

What is real? Futureal

IM

Do you believe what you hear

Can you believe what you see

Do you believe what you feel

Can you believe

What is real? Futureal

What is real? Futureal

IM

What is real? Futureal

What is real? Futureal

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WASTED YEARS '99 (LIVE)

(Smith)

IM

From the coast of gold across the seven seas

I'm travellin' on far and wide

But now it all seems I'm just a stranger to myself
And all the things I sometimes do it isn't me but someone else
IM

I close my eyes and think of home

Another city goes by in the night
Ain't it funny how it is you never miss it 'til it's gone away
And my heart is lying there and will be 'til my dying day
IM
So understand
Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years
Face up make your stand and realise you're living in the golden years
IM
Too much time on my hands, I got you on my mind
Can't ease this pain so easily
When you can't find the words to say it's hard to make it through another day
And it just makes me wanna cry and throw my hands up to the sky
IM
So understand
Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years
Face up make your stand and realise you're living in the golden years

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