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Sinner

(Tipton/Halford)

Sinner rider
Rides in with the storm
The devil rides beside him
The devil is his god, God help you mourn

Do ya? Do you hear it? Do ya?
Hear the thunder deafen every living thing about?
Can ya? Can you see it? Can ya? See the mountains darken yonder?
Black sun rising, time is running out

Sacrifice to vice
Or die by the hand of the sinner

Sinner
Sinner
Sinner

His steed of fury
Eyes of fire and mane ablaze
Demonic vultures stalking
Drawn by the smell of war and pain

He roams the starways
Searching for the carcasses of war
But if it's hungry then its very presence
Disrupts the calm into the storm

Curse and damn you all
You'll fall by the hand of the sinner

Sinner
Sinner
Sinner

God of the devils, god of the devils
Won't you help them pray?
God of the devils, god of the devils
Is there no other way?

Can't you hear?
Their souls calling out in their plight
Can't you see?
Their blood is boiling, setting them alight

Thirty years now sleeping so sound
Sound, sound, sound, sound
War raises its head and looks slowly around
'Round, 'round, 'round, 'round

The sinner is near, sensing the fear
And the beast will start moving around

Can't you see?
Their souls calling out in their brain
Can't you hear?
Their blood is boiling, setting them alight

Sinner
Sinner
Sinner
Sinner

Sacrifice to vice
Or die by the hand of the
Curse and damn you all
You'll fall by the hand of the sinner



Diamonds and rust

(Baez)

I'll be damned, here comes your ghost again
But that's not unusual
It's just that the moon is full
And you decided to call

And here I sit, hand on the telephone
Hearing the voice I'd known
A couple of light years ago
Heading straight for a fall

But we both know what memories can bring
They bring diamonds and rust
Yes, we both know what memories can bring
They bring diamonds and rust

Now I see you standing all around
And snow in your hair
Now we're smiling out the window of the crummy hotel
Over Washington square

Our breath comes in white clouds
Mingles and hangs in the air
Speaking strictly for me
We both could've died then and there

Now you're telling me you're not nostalgic
Then give me another word for it
You were so good with words
And at keeping things vague

'Cause I need some of that vagueness now
It's all come back too clearly
Yes, I love you dearly
And if you're offering me diamonds and rust, I have already paid

But we both know what memories can bring
They bring diamonds and rust
Yes, we both know what memories can bring
They bring diamonds and rust

Diamonds, diamonds and rust
Diamonds, diamonds and rust
Diamonds, diamonds and rust
Don't want no more diamonds, diamonds and rust



Starbreaker

(Tipton/Halford)

Look out! Here's starbreaker! Cruising into town
Set his mind to stealing every little heart around
Step out on the sidewalks if you're feeling game
He comes but once a lifetime never seen again

Starbreaker - glides in from the sky
Starbreaker - takes you up so high

Paradise is waiting for the chosen few
Let's hope maybe this time he picks me and you
Star voyage to a new world, light year miles away
Cross your fingers, here he is, take us now this day

Starbreaker - glides in from the sky
Starbreaker - takes you up so high

Starbreaker, take my hand
Starbreaker, understand
Starbreaker, you're the one
Starbreaker, lead us on and on

Look out! Here's starbreaker! Cruising into town
Set his mind to stealing every heart around
Step out on the sidewalks if you're feeling game
He comes but once a lifetime never ever seen again

Starbreaker - glides in from the sky
Starbreaker - takes you up so high
Starbreaker - glides in from the sky
Starbreaker - takes you up so high

Starbreaker - glides in from the sky
Starbreaker - takes you up so high
Starbreaker - glides in from the sky
Starbreaker - takes you up so high



Last rose of summer

(Halford/Tipton)

Throughout the soft and timeless days of August
'Till now the shadows begin to grow much longer
The sunset's fire has deepened bloody red
I give you this, the last rose of summer

A token of my unyielding love
So that when winter's mantle stills the earth
And all around seems dead and cold
This rose reminds you of a time when all was warm and living

Do not despair, mother nature simply rests
In sleep she has well earned
'Till one day, not so very far from now
With the opening of the first rose buds, I shall return

A token of my unyielding love
So that when winter's mantle stills the earth
And all around seems dead and cold
This rose reminds you of a time when all was warm and living

The last rose of summer
The last rose of summer
The last rose of summer
The last rose of summer

The last rose of summer
The last rose of summer
The last rose of summer
The last rose of summer



Let us prey / Call for the priest

1) Let us prey

(Tipton/Halford)

Oh, father, please!
I'm dying

2) Call for the priest

(Tipton/Halford)

Well, the pressure's too much, you know, I peaked last night
I gotta get me some quick release
City is standing on my shoulders
My body's going piece by piece

Well, I know what I want and I know where to get it
And I'm going there right away
This is one priest that I don't have to fall on
Down to my knees and pray

When your back's to the wall, come along, one and all
We shall fight all the slander that's penned
It's us we shall choose, let the bigoted lose
For our triumph's the means to their end

With you by my side
I shall ride every storm

Let the cynics drop dead in their critical head
They're wrist merchants as we all can see
Bunch of deaf ears with their columnized fears
Such a shame! What a shame! Oh, dear me!

When your back's to the wall, come along, one and all
We shall fight all the slander that's penned
It's us we shall choose, let the bigoted lose
For our triumph's the means to their end

Yes, I know what I want and I know where to get it
And I'm going there right away
This is one priest that I don't have to fall on
Down to my knees and pray



Raw deal

(Tipton/Halford)

I made a spike
About nine o'clock on a Saturday
All eyes hit me
As I walked into the door

Then and then the guys
Were fooling in the demin dudes
A couple of cards played rough stuff
New York, fire island

I cased the joint
Straining at the scenes

I moseyed up to the counter
And the tender came a grinning
I snapped the smile off his face
And scowled: Give me a bourbon!

The mirror on the wall was collecting and reflecting
All the heavy bodies ducking
Stealing eager for some action
The scene screwed me up, I saw some contact

Then the big boys
Saw me and knew that

I'd had too much floating around
Statues alive, seconds are hours

Sacks like a hurricane
Wrapped in and shattered
I was barely holding on
To this flying body symphony

I guess I dream in pictures
Not colors
The true free expression
I demand is human rights, right

I gave my life
I am immortal

I'm going, no loss
I'm going, no loss
I'm going, no loss
I'm going, no loss

Nightmare!
Just a bunch of goddamn
Rotten, steaming, raw deal



Here come the tears

(Halford/Tipton)

Once I dreamed that love would come
And sweep me up away
Now it seems life's passed me by
I'm still alone today

Here come the tears

Looks like it'll always be the same
No one here to comfort me

Here come the tears

All alone, no one cares
So much to give to you all out there
Take me now in your arms
Let me rest, safe from harm

Oh, I wanna be loved
I need to be loved
Won't somebody love me?

Here they come
Here come the tears
Here they come
Here come the tears

Here they come
Here come the tears
Here they come
Here come the tears



Dissident aggressor

(Tipton/Halford/Downing)

Grand canyons of space and time universal
My mind is subjected, subjected to all

Stab! Bawl! Punch! Crawl!
Hooks to my brain are well in
Stab! Bawl! Punch! Crawl!
I know what I am, I'm Berlin

Through cracked, blackened memories of unit dispersal
I face the impregnable wall

Stab! Bawl! Punch! Crawl!
Hooks to my brain are well in
Stab! Bawl! Punch! Crawl!
I know what I am, I'm Berlin

Exploding, reloading, this quest never ending
Until I give out my last breath

I'm stabbing and bawling, I'm punching and crawling
Hooks to my brain are well in
I'm stabbing and bawling, I'm punching and crawling
I know what I am, I'm Berlin