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L.A. LYRICS
"L.A" (1985)
1. Gates To The Sky
2. Hunted
3. 20th Century
4. Second Dawn (instrumental)
5. Times Comin´ Up
6. Breakdown
7. The Oldest World (Part 1)
8. Winners ´n´ Sinners
9. The End
1. Gates To The Sky
Sixty-nine
Some years gone by
Since that night
When man broke the chains
That bound us to Earth
We found the way
To the sky
Ancient dreams
Jules Verne should have seen
Them come true
His heroes of then
Were born again
But this time they win
Gates to the sky
We entered them at night
Gates to the sky
One night in ‘69
Counting down
Down to the sound of ignition
Time was standing still
As the countdown hit ten
Last check on frequency
Restless breath
Your nerves on their knees
As they fly
The eyes of the world
Were watching them go
And I saw the show
Gates to the sky
We entered them at night
Gates to the sky
One night in ‘69
2. Hunted
No lights on the horizon
Only the sound of the silent waves
Ought to be here long ago
Send you another code
Noise getting closer far away
They all want to make you stay
But listen to your common sense
I say run, run, run
Don’t be caught at the end of the day
They might just kill you too
Don’t be caught in this winter night
The darkness will help you right through
Up ‘cross the hill, nowhere to go
There’s no peace in the valley below
So see the sign of the deep red cross
And feel the breath of the hunting wolves
But this is no running show
Don’t feel like Quasimodo
I know it seems like a big refrain
Never let it destroy your brain
Don’t be caught at the end of the day
They might just kill you too
Don’t be caught in this winter night
The darkness will help you right through
Inside yourself there is no light
Only the swells of the last big fight
And so there ain’t a thing to do
We can’t get into you
Don’t you know what’s going on
You’re still alive ‘cause you’ve got it all wrong
If this is just what it seems
Then now leave your dreams
So don’t be caught at the end of the day
They might just kill you too
Don’t be caught in this winter night
The darkness will help you right through
3. 20th Century
At the end of the century
The forces of the world went crazy
And there was no one left to see
The desolated world
We maybe loved after all
Tell me, why did it fall?
In the 20th century
We’re all victims of destiny
In the 20th century
In the 20th century
We’re all victims of destiny
In the 20th century
They came down from the sky
And there was no time left
To see who they were
The final end of life
Nostradamus told the true words
Far back in time
We were to burn in our slime
In the 20th century
We’re all victims of destiny
In the 20th century
In the 20th century
We’re all victims of destiny
In the 20th century
In the 20th century
We’re all victims of destiny
In the 20th century
In the 20th century
We’re all victims of destiny
In the 20th century
4. Second Dawn (instrumental)
5. Times Comin´ Up
Hear the music all the time
Don’t know what’s going on in my mind
Turn it up tonight
Looking for somebody’s help
Help to guide me up on the stage
Please turn on the light
Here it comes again
Singing like I’m insane
Feeling fine
Time’s coming up, I’ve got to stop
Feeling fine
Time’s coming up
Living the life of a shadow
Keep on feeling the taste of the sorrow
People are telling me what to say
Now I want to do it my own way
No more of that stuff
I want to play my rock
Feeling fine
Time’s coming up, I’ve got to stop
Feeling fine
Time’s coming up
Hear the music all the time
Don’t know what’s going on in my mind
Turn it up tonight
Looking for somebody’s help
Help to guide me up on the stage
Please turn on the light
No more of that stuff
I want to play my rock
Feeling fine
Time’s coming up, I’ve got to stop
Feeling fine
Time’s coming up
Feeling fine
Time’s coming up, I’ve got to stop
Feeling fine
Time’s coming up
6. Breakdown
Waking up on a Sunday morning
I feel the heat from the break of the Sun
The misty air makes me shiver when it’s dawning
I just can’t face the day that has just begun
Early sunbeams are catching my eyes
And turn to snakes inside my twisted mind
Their evil stories are nothing but lies
But I can’t see, ‘cause their force made me blind
Break – breakdown again
Break – breakdown again
Destroying my soul, am I going insane
Try to stand up, but I just keep on falling
Into the deep of a black ancient sea
Down from below spirits are calling
Chasing my mind till the pain turns into a scream
So why can’t life ever show me its good ways
How can it be that it’s me who feel this pain
I’m just a man who’s having a bad day
Set me free from this world inside my brain
Break – breakdown again
Break – breakdown again
Destroying my soul, am I going insane
Insane, insane
Break – breakdown again
Break – breakdown again
Destroying my soul, am I to go insane
Break – breakdown again
Break – breakdown again
Destroying my soul, am I to go insane
7. The Oldest World (Part 1)
In the desert they’re guarding the graves
Of the almighty leaders and secret safes
In their faces you see all their pride
Like a sign of the greatest world of all time
In the eyes of the cat it’s all clear
There’s a mystical, magical atmosphere
Cause you’re drawn into yesterdays games
All ways marked by their names
Signs of the oldest world
Egypt’s calling you
Signs of the oldest world
Egypt’s calling you
8. Winners ´n´ Sinners
Sitting playing poker in a dirty backstreet bar
Sweat is running down your neck and further down your arm
Hiding aces everywhere and cheating when you can
Hating every cheated, beaten poker playing man
Winners and sinners
Winners and sinners
Winners and sinners are sent to Hell
Winners and sinners, I wish you well
It’s five o’clock in the morning
You’ve had a heavy night
Bitter after you’ve lost your game
You’re beating up your wife
The kids are crying
Their mama’s lying on the greasy floor
You see the emptiness in their eyes
Before you slam the door
Winners and sinners
Winners and sinners
Winners and sinners are sent to Hell
Winners and sinners, I wish you well
Winners and sinners
Winners and sinners
Winners and sinners are sent to Hell
Winners and sinners, I wish you well
Why didn’t you listen
To what the old preacher said
For those who win, and thee who sin
Shall remain captured in chains
In the fires of hell
Winners and sinners
Winners and sinners
Winners and sinners are sent to Hell
Winners and sinners, I wish you well
9. The End
We met when we were young
When life was eternal harmless songs
The dawn of the day of life had lust begun
I still recall the day
I was in trouble and you helped me out of the way
We went through shades of black out in the sun
Luck came to you from above
You always won the game of love
You gained the victory of love night and day
The good fight you always fought
Though you had your back against the wall
Oh, where did the good times go
Far away
Tonight
The end of your life
You’ll see the light no more
The Angel of Death will call
She will call you soon
And soon you’ll feel blue, you know you will
We’ll meet again some day
We’ll meet again some way
Fulfilment of future dreams
That’s one thing that I have never seen
There’s so many suppressed things
That have to be said
So let life pass away in the night
And walk up the stairway to the sky
And enter the secret gates
The land of the dead
Tonight
The end of your life
You’ll see the light no more
The Angel of Death will call
She will call you soon
And soon you’ll feel blue, you know you will
We’ll meet again some day
We’ll meet again some way
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