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JUDAS PRIEST LYRICS
"Sin After Sin" (1977)
1. Sinner
2. Diamonds and Rust (Joan Baez cover)
3. Starbreaker
4. Last Rose of Summer
5. Let Us Prey / Call for the Priest
6. Raw Deal
7. Here Come the Tears
8. Dissident Aggressor
1. Sinner
Sinner rider, rides on with the storm
The Devil rides beside him
The Devil is his God, God help you mourn
Do you, do you hear it do you
Hear the thunder
Deafen every living thing about
Can you, can you see it can you
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 it's 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 brain
Can't you see their blood is boiling setting them alight
Thirty years now sleeping
So sound
War raises it's head
And looks slowly around
The Sinner is near, sensing the fear
And the beast will stop moving
Around
Can't you see their souls calling out in their brain
Can't you see 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!
2. Diamonds and Rust (Joan Baez cover)
I'll be damned, here comes your ghost again
But that's not unusual, it's just that the moon is full
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 with brown leaves all around
And snow in your hair
Now we're smiling out the window of a 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 call come back too dearly
And if you're offering me diamonds and rust
I've 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
Diamonds, diamonds and rust
3. Starbreaker
Look out, here's Starbreaker
Cruisin' into town
Set his mind to stealin'
Every little heart around
Step out on the sidewalks
If you're feeling game
He comes but once in a lifetime
Never seen again
Starbreaker
Glides in from the sky
Starbreaker
Takes you up so high
Paradise in waiting
For the chosen ones
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
Cruisin' into town
Set his mind to stealin'
Every little heart around
Step out on the sidewalks
If you're feeling game
He comes but once in a lifetime
Never ever seen again
Starbreaker
Glides in from the sky
Starbreaker
Takes you up so high
4. Last Rose of Summer
Throughout the soft and timeless days of August
Till now the shadows begin to grow much longer
The sunset's fire has deepened blood red
I give you this, the last rose of summer
A token of my unyielding love
So when the 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 when the 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
5. Let Us Prey / Call for the Priest
Call for the priest, I'm dying
Well the pressure's too much
You know I peaked last night
I gotta get some a quick release
City is standing
On my shoulders
My body's going piece by piece
Yeah!
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
No!
When your back's to the wall
Come along one and all
We shall fight for the slander that's penned
It's us we shall choose
Let the bigoted loose
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 you all can see
Bunch of deaf ears
With their columnized fears
What 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 loose
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
6. Raw Deal
I made a spike about nine o'clock on a Saturday
All eyes hit me as I walked into the bar
And seeing other guys were fooling with the denim dudes
A couple cards played rough stuff, New York, fire island
I cased the joint, straining at the scenes
I moseyed up to the corner and the tender came a-grinnin'
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 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 crying bawdy 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
7. Here Come the Tears
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
8. Dissident Aggressor
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 united dispersal
I face the impregnable wall
Stab! Bawl! Punch! Crawl!
Hooks to my brain
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, I'm bawling, I'm punching, I'm crawling
Hooks to my brain are well in
I'm stabbing, I'm bawling, I'm punching, I'm crawling
I know what I am I'm Berlin
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