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PAUL DI'ANNO LYRICS
"The Classics" (2006 Best of/Compilation)
1. Wrathchild
2. Strange World
3. Charlotte the Harlot
4. Killers
5. Prowler
6. Murders in the rue Morgue
7. Running Free
8. Remember Tomorrow
9. Phantom of the Opera
10. Sanctuary
11. Women in Uniform
12. Iron Maiden
1. Wrathchild
I was born into a scene of angriness and greed and dominance and persecution
My mother was a queen, my dad I've never seen, I was never meant to be
And now I spend my time looking all around for a man that's nowhere to be found
Until I find him, I'm never gonna stop searching, I'm gonna find my man, gonna travel around
'Cose I'm a wrathchild
Well, I'm a wrathchild
Yeah, I'm a wrathchild
I'm coming to get you, oh yeah
Say it doesn't matter, ain't nothin' gonna alter the course of my destination
I know I've got to find some serious piece of mind or I know I'll just go crazy
But now I spend my time looking all around for a man that's nowhere to be found
Until I find him, I'm never gonna stop searching, I'm gonna find my man, gonna travel around
'Cose I'm a wrathchild
Well, I'm a wrathchild
Yeah, I'm a wrathchild
I'm coming to get you, oh yeah
2. Strange World
The only place where you can dream; living here is not what it seems
Ship of white: light in the sky; nobody there to reason why
Here I am, I'm not really there; smiling faces ever so rare
A let's walk in deepest space; living here just isn't the place
-- O-oh-oh...
Stalks of light come from the ground; when I cry there isn't a sound
All my feelings cannot be held; I'm happy in my new strange world
Shades of green grasses twine; girls drinking plasma wine
A look at love, a dream unfolds; living here, you'll never grow old
-- Don't you hear me call? O-oh-oh...
3. Charlotte the Harlot
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
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 the laughter?
Charlotte the Harlot, show me your legs
Charlotte the Harlot, take me to bed
Charlotte the Harlot, let me see blood
Charlotte the Harlot, let me see love
Taking so many men to your room; don't you feel no remorse?
You charge them a "fiver" - it's only for starters and ten for the main course
And you've got no feelings, they died long ago; don't you care who you let in?
And don't you know you're breaking the law with the service you're giving
Charlotte the Harlot, show me your legs
Charlotte the Harlot, take me to bed
Charlotte the Harlot, let me see blood
Charlotte the Harlot, let me see love
There was a time when you left me standing there
Picking up pieces of love off the floor
Well, Charlotte, you left me alone in there
To make your ends as a bloody whore
Well, Charlotte, you told me you love me true
Picking up pieces of love yesterday
Well, Charlotte, you're draws are off color too
'Cause you're making love all day
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 the laughter?
Charlotte the Harlot, show me your legs
Charlotte the Harlot, take me to bed
Charlotte the Harlot, let me see blood
Charlotte the Harlot, let me see love
4. Killers
Oh, yeah! Yeah! Oh, yeah! Yeah!
Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah!
You walk through the subway; his eyes burn a hole in your back
A footstep behind you; he lunges prepared for attack
Scream for mercy - he laughs as he's watching you bleed
Killer behind you; his blood lust defies all his needs...
My innocent victims are slaughtered with wrath and despise
The mocking religion of hatred that burns in the night
I have no one; I'm bound to destroy all this greed
A voice inside me compelling to satisfy me...
-- A-ha-ha-ha!
I can see what a knife's meant to be
And you'll never know how I came to forsee, see, see
My faith in believing is stronger than lifelines and ties
With the glimmer of metal my moment is ready to strike
The death call arises, a scream breaks the still of the night
Another tomorrow - remember to walk in the light!
I have found you and now there is no place to run
Excitement shakes me, oh God, help me - what have I done?!
Oh yeah, I've done it! Yeah!!!
You walk through the subway; my eyes burn a hole in your back
A footstep behind you; he lunges prepared for attack
Scream for mercy - he laughs as he's watching you bleed
Killer behind you; my blood lust defies all my needs
Oh, look out, I'm coming for you! A-ha-ha-ha!
5. Prowler
Walking through the city, looking, oh!, so pretty
-- I've just got to find my way
See the ladies flashing, all there legs and lashes
-- I've just got to find my way
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
Got me feeling myself and reeling around
Got me talking but feel like walking around
Got me feeling myself and reeling a...
Got me talking but nothing's with me...
Got me feeling myself and reeling around
...talking but nothing's with me... got me
Walking through the city, looking, oh!, so pretty
-- I've just got to find my way
See the ladies flashing, all there legs and lashes
-- I've just got to find my way
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
Got me feeling myself and reeling around
Got me talking but feel like walking around
6. Murders in the rue Morgue
I remember it as plain as day, although it happened in the dark of the night
I was strolling through the streets of Paris and it was cold, it was starting to rain
And then I heard a piercing scream and I rushed to the scene of the crime
But all I found was the butchered remains of two girls lay side by side
Murders in the Rue Morgue - someone call the Gendarmes
Murders in the Rue Morgue run before the killers go free
There's some people coming down the street; at last there's someone heard my call
I can't understand why they're pointing at me - I never done nothing at all
But I must have got some blood on my hands, because everyone's shouting at me
I can't speak French so I couldn't explain and like a fool I started running away
Murders in the Rue Morgue - someone call the Gendarmes
Murders in the Rue Morgue - Am I ever gonna be free?
And now I've gotta get away from the arms of the law
All France is looking for me
I've gotta find my way across the border for sure
Down - the south to Italy
Murders in the Rue Morgue - someone call the Gendarmes
Murders in the Rue Morgue - I'm never going home
Well, I made it to the border at last, but I can't erase the scene from my mind
Anytime somebody stares at me, well, I just start running blind
Well, I'm moving through the shadows at night away from the staring eyes
Any day they'll be looking for me 'vause I know I show the signs of...
Murders in the Rue Morgue running from the Gendarmes
Murders in the Rue Morgue running from the arms of the law
Murders in the Rue Morgue running from the Gendarmes
Murders in the Rue Morgue - Am I ever gonna be free?
It took so long and I'm getting so tired, I'm running out of places to hide
Should I return to the scene of the crime where the two young victims died?
If I could go to somebody for help, it'd get me out of trouble for sure
But I know that it's on my mind that my doctor said I've done it before
Murders in the Rue Morgue - they're never gonna find me
Murders in the Rue Morgue - I'm never going home...
7. Running Free
Just sixteen, a pick-up truck, out of money, out of luck
I've got noplace to call my own, hit the gas and here I go
I'm running free, yeah! I'm running free
I'm running free, yeah! I'm running free
Spent the night in an L.A. jail and listened to the sirens wail
They ain't got a thing on me, I'm running wild, I'm running free, yeah!
I'm running free, yeah! I'm running free
I'm running free, yeah! I'm running free
-- Get out my way!
I'm running free, yeah! I'm running free
I'm running free, yeah! I'm running free
Pulled her at the Bottle Top - whiskey, dancing, disco hop
Now all the boys are after me and that's the way it's gonna be
I'm running free, yeah! I'm running free...
8. Remember Tomorrow
Unchain the colours before my eyes
Yesterday's sorrows, tomorrow's white lies
Scan the horizon, the clouds take me higher
I shall return from out of the...
Tears for rememberance 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!
Unchain the colours before my eyes
Yesterday's sorrows, tomorrow's white lies
Scan the horizon, the clouds take me higher
I shall return from out of the... fire!
9. Phantom of the Opera
I've been looking so long for you; now you won't get away from my grasp
You've been living so long in hiding; in hiding behind that false mask
And you know and I know that you ain't got long now to last
Your looks and your feelings are just the remains of your past
You're standing in the wings; there you wait for the curtain to fall
Knowing the terror and holding you have on us all
Yeah, I know that you're gonna scratch me, maim me and maul
You know I'm helpless from your mesmerising cat call
Keep your distance, walk away; don't take his bait
Don't you stray, don't fade away
Watch your step, he's out to get you; come what may
Don't you stray from the narrow way
I'm running and hiding in my dreams - you're always there
You're the Phantom of the Opera, you're the devil, you're just out to scare
You damaged my mind and my soul - it just floats through the air
You haunt me, you taunt me; you torture me back at your lair
10. Sanctuary
Out of the winter came a war horse of steel
I've never killed a woman before, but I know how it feels
I know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw
So now I've got to look for sanctuary from the law
I met up with a 'slinger last night to keep me alive
He spends all his money on gambling and guns to survive
I know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw
So now I've got to look for sanctuary from the law
So give me sanctuary from the law and I'll be alright
Just give me sanctuary from the law and love me tonight, tonight...
I know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw
So now I've got to look for sanctuary from the law
I can laugh at the wind, I can howl at the rain
Down in the canyon or out in the plain
I know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw
So now I've got to look for sanctuary from the law
So give me sanctuary from the law and I'll be alright
Just give me sanctuary from the law and love me tonight, tonight...
11. Women in Uniform
Beehive hairdo, 45 on the hip
Patrolwoman Saunders, don't you give her no lip
Took me to the station for a breath test
Then back to her bedroom for some house-arrest
Women in uniform, sometimes they look so cold
Women in uniform, but, oh! They feel so warm
Coming back to London on a 747
Stewardess made me feel like I'm in heaven
Looking up the aisle to see what I could see
She leaned over said: "Give it to me"
White apron, brown leather shoes
The nurse at the clinic left my heart all bruised
Gave me a massage, did it all right
Now she takes my temperature every night
Women in uniform, sometimes they look so cold
Women in uniform, but, oh! They feel so warm
Women in uniform, women in uniform
Women in uniform, women in uniform
Commando raid on the Lebanese border
Sergeant Anita, she gives the order
Khaki jacket and a love gun
Baby, I surrender, let's have some fun
Women in uniform, sometimes they look so cold
Women in uniform, but, oh! They feel so warm
Women in uniform, sometimes they look so cold
Women in uniform, but, oh! They feel so warm
Women in uniform, women in uniform
Women in uniform, women in uniform
Women in uniform, Khaki, white and blue
Women in uniform, coming after you!
Women, women, women in uniform...
12. Iron Maiden
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