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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: datalas on April 20, 2006, 21:05:15
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Well, according to the beeb.. the greatest lyrics (as voted by the morons who live in this country) in the world are ...
"One life, with each other, sisters, brothers." From some rather inane track by U2
Now, you may be able to tell by my tone that I don't entirely agree, so come on guys, galls and those of you who well ... What do you think are the greatest lyrics ever ?
Note, not going to restrict this to one entry per person :D
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Don't even have to think, I can answer it off the top of my head
"What's so civil about war anyway?"
Off Guns N Roses - Civil War. The whole song is a great piece, but that line sums it up better than anything else.
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Zakk Wylde------- Topical and always makes Me smile :lol:
I hate your guts
And I wish that you was dead
I’d dig the holy myself
But I’d rather run ya over with my truck instead
I will have more that have nowt to do wi trucks later as they pop into my head (first Beer open and ready :P )
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Arctic Monkeys 'Riot Van' has a great line that says
They got a chase last night from men with truncheon's dressed in hats
They didn't do that much wrong, still ran away though for the laugh
:D
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check out :: age of innocence by iron maiden
the lyrics are so true
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Perfect Day Lou Reid
Nuff said!
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Skyclad - Earth Mother, The Sun And The Furious Host
He was just a lad of fifteen years
Who barely fit his breeches
A latter day Dick Whittington
Who dreamt of fame and riches
His teachers took him to one side
And promised him the earth
When all he really wanted
Was a taste of wine and mirth.
They said "Attend our university
Accept responsibility
Chant our mantra of morality
Until your throat is sore."
A feast of knowledge this contrite
Could not supress his appetite
"Please sir I want some more and more..."
Christianity was apparent as a fallacy
The Devil take your Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
The ones who have the answers
Are they who pipe the dancers
Earth Mother, the Sun and the Furious Host.
I'll give the whole nation
A sound education
Welcome to the school of hard knocks
Where the ones who know the answers
Are they that take their chances
For a small fish cast into an ocean
Full of unknown terrors
There's nothing much to smile at
In his comedy of errors.
Where streets aren't really paved with gold
And rags don't turn to riches
In this catalogue of disasters
The models were all bitches.
A Christ on every corner
For a coin he'll save your soul
But it's hard to be enlightened
While you're queueing for your dole.
When I think of all those shallow lies
They fed me in the past
There's one thing I must admit they've taught me...
That is how to laugh
At Christianity (it's nothing but a fallacy)
The Devil take your Father, Son and Holy Ghost
The ones who have the answers
Are they who pipe the dancers
Earth Mother, the Sun and the Furious Host.
This one's for the teachers
Who want to be preachers
Will God keep you warm
When you're cold?
You'd put those wracked by malnutrition
Straight onto your diet of superstition
Obviously Bob Dylan is the best but to mention Him would be highly unoriginal
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chris rhea (is that spelled rite)
This is the road to hell :twisted: .
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Zakk Wylde------- Topical and always makes Me smile :lol:
I hate your guts
And I wish that you was dead
I’d dig the holy myself
But I’d rather run ya over with my truck instead
I will have more that have nowt to do wi trucks later as they pop into my head (first Beer open and ready :P )
I'd forgotten that gem..... 8) Pride and Glory as I recall still got the CD somewhere..
I'd also add Bon Scotts lyrics for AC/DC for Down Payment Blus and Its a long way to the top if you want to rock n roll plus stuff like Freebird and Gimme back my Bullets that the late Ronnie Van Zant wrote for Lynyrd Skynyrd
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This has to be one of the most beautiful lyrics ever:
The Goo Goo Dolls 'Iris'
And I'd give up forever to touch you
Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
Cause sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight
And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything seems like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know your alive
And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
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The worlds best lyrics have surely got to be the ones I wrote and posted on another thread.
(Loud trumpeting sound heard in the background)
:D :D :D
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"I'm wide awake in my kitchen
It's dark and I'm lonely
Oh, if I could only get some sleep
Creeky noises make my skin creep
I need to get some sleep
I can't get no sleep...."
nuff said
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"One life, with each other, sisters, brothers." From some rather inane track by U2
Whilst I might accept that it isn't the *best* line ever written, I think calling 'One' inane is a bit harsh. It's a fantastic song, and even better live. :smack:
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Yup....
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Thats the thing wi music, everyone has a different opinion....... They are all wrong though unless You agree with Me :)
Personally i like GNR - One in a million.
Oh and as seen as We mostly all seem to be metal heads summat different (only rap i can stomach)
Everlast - What its like
We’ve all seen a man at the liquor store beggin’ for your change
The hair on his face is dirty, dread-locked, and full of mange
He asks a man for what he could spare, with shame in his eyes
Get a job you ****ing slob, is all he replies
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes
’cause then you really might know what it’s like to sing the blues
Then you really might know what it’s like...
Then you really might know what it’s like...
Then you really might know what it’s like...
Then you really might know what it’s like...
Mary got pregnant from a kid named tom that said he was in love
He said, don’t worry about a thing, baby doll
I’m the man you’ve been dreaming of.
But 3 months later he say he won’t date her or return her calls
And she swear, God damn, if I find that man I’m cuttin’ off his balls.
And then she heads for the clinic and
She gets some static walking through the door
They call her a killer, and they call her a sinner
And they call her a whore
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes
’cause then you really might know what it’s like to have to choose
Chorus
I’ve seen a rich man beg
I’ve seen a good man sin
I’ve seen a tough man cry
I’ve seen a loser win
And a sad man grin
I heard an honest man lie
I’ve seen the good side of bad
And the downside of up
And everything between
I licked the silver spoon
Drank from the golden cup
And smoked the finest green
I stroked the fattest dimes at least a couple of times
Before I broke their heart
You know where it ends, yo, it usually depends on where you start
I knew this kid named max
He used to get fat stacks out on the corner with drugs
He liked to hang out late
He liked to get [!Expletive Deleted!]-faced and keep the pace with thugs
Until late one night there was a big gun fight and max lost his head
He pulled out his chrome .45, talked some [!Expletive Deleted!], and wound up dead
Now his wife and his kids are caught in the midst of all of this pain
You know it crumbles that way
At least that’s what they say when you play the game
God forbid you ever had to wake up to hear the news
’cause then you really might know what it’s like to have to lose
Then you really might know what it’s like...
Then you really might know what it’s like...
Then you really might know what it’s like...to have to lose
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Well nobody else has said which surprises me as its the obvious choice. Like the song or not You would be hard pressed to find better lyrics really........ Needs no introduction :wink:
Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside
And it is ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'.
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.
The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.
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REM - Imatation of life
You are the greatest thing, the greatest thing since bread came sliced, you've got it all, you've got it sussed
Maybe not the *best* but definatly a cute song :D
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Looking at my avatar you can tell my favorite lyricist is IAN DURY, always was and always will be. His list of one liners is endless. I was also partial to the lyrics of FISH from Marillion years ago.
One verse from a track by BUSH was paricularly apt for me at a particular time in my life, separated and lonesome, living out of a suitcase :cry:
Deaf, dumb and thirty
Starting to deserve this
Leaning on my conscience wall
My blood is like wine
Unconscious all time
If I had it all again I'd change it all
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Currently just about my favourite, and scarily appropriate :!:
"I'm 35 and I haven't travelled far
And I've spent all my money on this misbegotten car"
Written by Warren Zevon, but never recorded by the man himself. Brought out of obscurity by his son Jordan for the tribute album "Enjoy Every Sandwich"
Regards
Wolfie
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Tenacious D are always good for a giggle.
been a fan of the "bloodhound gang-the bad touch" since it was released tiiiime ago!
"you and me baby aint nothing but mammels, so lets do it like they do on the discovery channels"
"Love the kind you clean up with a mop and bucket
Like the lost catacombs of Egypt only God knows where we stuck it
Hieroglyphics? Let me be Pacific I wanna be down in your South Seas
But I got this notion that the motion of your ocean means "Small Craft Advisory"
So if I capsize on your thighs high tide, B-5 you sunk my battleship
Please turn me on I'm Mister Coffee with an automatic drip
So show me yours I'll show you mine "Tool Time" you'll Lovett just like Lyle
And then we'll do it doggy style so we can both watch "X-Files""
..quality!
chillis also have some fantastic lyrics.
http://www.lyricsondemand.com/r/redhotchilipepperslyrics/californicationlyrics.html
and Sir mix-a-lot - Baby got back! (i like big butts and i cannot lie, and you other brothers cant deny, that when a girl walks in with an ity bitty waste and a round thing in your face you get sprung!..)
:lol:
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oo, faithless too have some great stuff..
everyones favourite insomnia:
"I only smoke weed when I need to,
And I need to get some rest, yo, where's the sense.
I confess, I burnt a hole in the mattress,
Yes, yes, it was me, I plead guilty,
And on the count of three I pull back the duvet,
Make my way to the refrigerator,
One dry potato inside, no lie
Not even bread, jam,
When the light above my head went bang!
I can't see, something's all over me,
Greasy, insomnia please release me,
And let me dream about making mad love on the heath,
Tearing off tights with my teeth.
But there's no relief, no peace i toss and turn without cease, like a curse open my eyes, and rise like yeast.
at least a couple of weeks since i last slept, kept taking sleepers
now i keep myself checked
deeper still, at night i write by candle light, fundamental movement,
so when its black, this insomniac, taking origonal tact,
keep the beast in my nature under ceaseless attack
..i cant get no sleep.. i cant get no sleeeep..."*
*had to improvise the last few lines as source was incomplete :roll:
alkaline trio are also good for lyrics:
http://www.lyricsondemand.com/a/thealkalinetriolyrics/
green day, and system of a down.. ah, i`ll shut up and let someone else have a turn! :lol:
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Everlast - What its like
With you on that one J-W :)
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The Ides of March by Iron Maiden..... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: (It is friday night :lol: )
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The Ides of March by Iron Maiden..... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: (It is friday night :lol: )
LMAO....... How many folks on here are gono get that i wonder. I love that album it was the first one i actually paid money for!!!!!!! Di'anno kicks the cr@p outta the air raid siren anyday as far as i'm concerned!!!!!
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All this stuff a bit new to me :roll: What about anything by Bob Dylan ? mind you Jack Johnson 's 'Staple it Together' is one of the best I've heard for age's !
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What about anything by Bob Dylan ?
Yep....... We had Him already :)
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Stereophonics Handbags And Gladrags
Ever seen a blind man cross the road
trying to make the other side
Ever seen a young girl growing old
trying to make herself a bride
So what becomes of you my love
When they have finally stripped you of
The handbags and the gladrags
That your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy you
Once I was a young man
and all I thought I had to do was smile
Well you are still a young girl
and you bought everything in style
So once you think you're in you're out
'cause you don't mean a single thing without
the handbags and the gladrags
that your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy you
Sing a song of six-pence for your sake
And drink a bottle full of rye
Four and twenty blackbirds in a cake
And bake them all in a pie
They told me you missed school today
So what I suggest you just throw them all away
the handbags and the gladrags
that your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy you
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Green Day - Basket Case
Do you have the time
to listen to me whine
About nothing and everything
all at once
I am one of those
Melodramatic fools
Neurotic to the bone
No doubt about it
Sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid?
Or I'm just stoned
I went to a shrink
To analyze my dreams
She says it's lack of sex
that's bringing me down
I went to a whore
He said my life's a bore
So quit my whining cause
it's bringing her down
Sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid?
Uh, yuh, yuh, ya
Grasping to control
So I better hold on
Sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid?
Or I'm just stoned
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Stereophonics Handbags And Gladrags
Correct Me if i'm wrong but they ripped that off did they not?
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Stereophonics Handbags And Gladrags
Correct Me if i'm wrong but they ripped that off did they not?
Yup, it was written by Mike D'Abo, and was originally recorded by Rod Stewart. :D
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give me a break im only young (20) and that was well before my time, i can only say what i like and know cant I.
I dont know who they are (i know who Rod Stewart is Obviously)
SORRY TO RUB IT IN YOU OLDIES :lol:
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give me a break im only young (20) and that was well before my time, i can only say what i like and know cant I.
I dont know who they are (i know who Rod Stewart is Obviously)
SORRY TO RUB IT IN YOU OLDIES :lol:
Damn You the first to call me old Matey. Is 27 the end????
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"Driving with the brakes on" by Del Amitri.......
"When you're driving with the brakes on
when you're swimming with your boots on
it's hard to say you love someone
and it's hard to say you don't..."
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give me a break im only young (20) and that was well before my time, i can only say what i like and know cant I.
I dont know who they are (i know who Rod Stewart is Obviously)
SORRY TO RUB IT IN YOU OLDIES :lol:
Damn You the first to call me old Matey. Is 27 the end????
some one had to tell you mate :lol: :lol: :lol:
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"Driving with the brakes on" by Del Amitri.......
"When you're driving with the brakes on
when you're swimming with your boots on
it's hard to say you love someone
and it's hard to say you don't..."
OOOOOOhhhh!
I quite like Del Amitri (Can a Rocker admit that? maybe not but DILLIGAF), but can never tell a damn word he says :oops:
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Radiohead's "Creep"
"You're so very special
I wish I was special
but I'm a creep
I'm a wierdo....."
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Hmm. Bit of a struggle to find a favourite but this ranks high. (oh and its relatively suitable for family viewing)
Frank Zappa - Flakes!!
They can't fix yer brakes
You ask 'em, *"Where's my motor?"*
*"Well, it was eaten by snakes..."*
You can stab 'n' shoot 'n' spit
But they won't be fixin' it
They're lyin' an' lazy
They can be drivin' you crazy
Swear t'God they got the most
At every business on the coast
Swear t'God they got the most
At every business on the coast
*[Take it away, Bob...]*
I asked as nice as I could
If my job would
Somehow be finished by Friday
Well, them whole damn weekend
came 'n' went, Frankie
*[Wanna buy some mandies, Bob?]*
'N' they didn't do nothin'
But they charged me double for Sunday
You know, no matter what you do,
They gonna cheat 'n' rob you
Then they'll send you a bill
That'll get your senses reelin'
And if you do not pay
They got computer collectors
That'll get you so crazy
'Til your head'll go through th' ceilin'
Yes it will!
I'm a moron, 'n' this is my wife
She's frosting a cake
With a paper knife
All what we got here's
American made
It's a little bit cheesey,
But it's nicely displayed
Well we don't get excited when it
Crumbles 'n' breaks
We just get on the phone
And call up some
They rush on over
'N' wreck it some more
'N' we are so dumb
They're linin' up at our door
Well, the toilet went crazy
Yersterday afternoon
The plumber he says
*Never flush a tampoon!*
This great information
Cost me half a week's pay
And the toilet blew up
Later on the next day-ay-eee-ay
Blew up the next day
WOO-OOO
We are millions 'n' millions,
We're coming to get you
We're protected by unions
So don't let it upset you
Can't escape the conclusion
It's probably God's Will
That civilization
Will grind to a standstill
And we are the people
Who will make it all happen
While yer children is sleepin',
Yer puppy is crappin'
You might call us
Or something else you might coin us
But we know you're so greedy
That you'll probably join us
We're coming to get you, we're coming to get you
We're coming to get you, we're coming to get you
We're coming to get you, we're coming to get you
We're coming to get you, we're coming to get you...
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it has to be Iron Maiden - Hallow be thy name :D :D
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My lyrics of the moment are from Hard-Fi's track better do better
" I gave you everything i had girl but you had to try and take some more
you went behind my back girl
cheated on me,I was the last to know
did everything we had girl mean nothing to you?
well i was such a fool
now you come crawling back girl
well let me tell you, i am through with you
Im back up off the floor,i wont get hurt no more
i've been waiting for this day when tou'll be back here with your lies
I hope you realise
You think im gonna take you back
you better do better than that"
Also the lyrics from arctic monkeys "I bet that you look good on the dance floor"
two cracking tunes in my opinion
Regards James
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god give me strength .. elvis costello and burt bacarrach
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Hear the rime of the Ancient Mariner
See his eyes as he stops one of three
Mesmerises one of the wedding guests
Stay here and listen to the nightmares of the Sea.
And the music plays on, and the bride passes by
Caught by his spell and the Mariner tells his tale.
Driven south to the land of the snow and ice
To a place where nobody's been
Through the snow fog flies the albatross
Hailed in God's name, hoping good luck it brings.
And the ship sails on, back to the North
Through the fog and the ice the albatross follows on
The mariner kills the bird of good omen
His shipmates cry against what he's done
But when the fog clears, they justify him
And make themselves part of the crime.
Sailing on and on and North across the sea
Sailing on and on and North 'till all is calm.
The albatross begins with its vengeance
A terrible thirst a curse has begun
His shipmates blame bad luck on the Mariner
About his neck, the dead bird is hung.
And the curse goes on and on at sea
And the curse goes on and on for them and me.
"Day after day, day after day, we stuck nor breath nor motion
As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean
Water, water, everywhere and all the boards did shrink
Water, water, everywhere nor any drop to drink."
There, calls the mariner, there comes a ship over the line
But how can she sail with no wind in her sails and no tide.
See...onward she comes
Onward she nears, out of the sun
See...she has no crew
She has no life, wait but there's two.
Death and she Life in Death, they throw their dice for the crew
She wins the Mariner and he belongs to her now.
Then...crew one by one
They drop down dead, two hundred men
She...She, Life in Death.
She lets him live, her chosen one.
Narrative
"One after one by the star dogged moon, too quick for groan or sigh
Each turned his face with a ghastly pang, and cursed me with his eye
Four times fifty living men (and I heard nor sigh nor groan),
With heavy thump, a lifeless lump. they dropped down one by one."
The curse it lives on in their eyes
The Mariner he wished he'd die
Along with the sea creatures
But they lived on, so did he.
And by the light of the moon
He prays for their beauty not doom
With heart he blesses them
God's creatures all of them too.
Then the spell starts to break
The albatross falls from his neck
Sinks down like lead into the Sea
Then down in falls comes the rain.
Hear the groans of the long dead seamen
See them stir and they start to rise
Bodies lifted by good spirits
None of them speak and they're lifeless in their eyes.
And revenge is still sought, penance starts again
Cast into a trance and the nightmare carries on.
Now the curse is finally lifted
And the Mariner sights his home
Spirits go from the long dead bodies
Form their own light and the Mariner's left alone.
And then a boat came sailing towards him
It was a joy he could not believe
The Pilot's boat, his son and the hermit.
Penance of life will fall onto Him.
And the ship it sinks like lead into the sea
And the hermit shrieves the mariner of his sins.
The Mariner's bound to tell of his story
To tell his tale wherever he goes
To teach God's word by his own example
That we must love all things that God made.
And the wedding guest's a sad and wiser man
And the tale goes on and on and on.
Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Now read that, Fantastic Piece.
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Air raid siren 2
Dianno 1
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I'll add The Trooper by said Iron Maiden
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I'll add The Trooper by said Iron Maiden
Use to play that one all the time when in the tank as we were a cavary regiment :D
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may be the thread topic so be changed to the best iron maiden song as there are a few on here now :lol: Think most of us are just old headbangers at hart 8)
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Who are you calling old? I'm just 16 with the taste of a 40 odd :D
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and i am not 40 yet :wink:
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I am an old Maiden fan... Soundhouse tapes etc.....Saw them 3 times with Paul Dianno :shock:
The Trooper is an amazing driving song..try it :D