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SAXON LYRICS
"Champions Of Rock" (1996 Best of/Compilation)
1. Big Teaser
2. Judgement Day
3. Stallions Of The Highway
4. Backs To The Wall
5. Still Fit To Boogie
6. Power And The Glory
7. Warrior
8. To Hell And Back Again
9. Hungry Years
10. Sixth Form Girls
11. Where The Lightning Strikes
12. Calm Before The Storm
13. For Whom The Bell Tolls
14. Red Alert
15. Back On The Streets
16. Rock'n'Roll Gypsy
1. Big Teaser
Out with the boys
Testing my virility
The booze and the music
Arrousing my curiousity
I moved in beside her
Asked her to rock and roll with me
Cause I have her classed
My eyes roam lecherously
Lecherously, lecherously, lecherously
She's a big teaser [Repeat]
I only see her
Very occasionally
She's leading me on
She's living dangerously
It's easy to see
She's making a fool out of me
Oh but I ain't no fool
I'll get her eventually
Eventually, eventually, eventually
She's a big teaser [Repeat]
2. Judgement Day
I don't need your religion (**)
It ain't nothin' to me
I don't want nobody pushin'
Need to be free
You've got to hit hard
I've seen those demons fall
I'm savin' my soul for the final goal
But that day is comin', yeah (***)
The judgement is here
Look over your shoulder
The judgement is here
I don't need nobody knockin'
Knockin' on my door
I don't need nobody sellin'
Sellin' me no more
You're always on the take
All your silly faith
I'm savin' my soul, savin' my soul
I can feel it in the breeze (*)
It's blowin' through the trees
You can see it in the sky
It makes you wonder why
[Repeat *]
I can feel it in the breeze
It's blowin' through the trees
Through the trees
[Repeat **]
I've seen your...
I've seen those dreams fall
I'm savin' my soul for rock and roll
[Repeat ***]
The judgement is here
The judgement is here
The judgement is here
Judgement, judgement, judgement
Judgement day, yeah
3. Stallions Of The Highway
Friday night, I feel all right (*)
I get into my leathers
And I get out on my bike
There's thunder in my ears
It's blasting down...
Kickin' up brick
I don't give a shit
I got the wind in my hair
You know I don't even care
Stallions of the highway
Switchblade's gleamin'
Engine screamin'
I'm laughin' at fate
I'm living to hate
My knees are showing red
I'm ridin' with the dead
Get out of my way
I'm a stallion of the highway
I got the wind in my hair
I don't even care
I broke out of my shell
I'm on a daydream from hell
Don't shed no tears
I been here fifteen years
[Repeat *]
My knees are showing red
I'm ridin' with the dead
Get out of my way
I got the wind in my hair
I don't even care
Stallions of the highway
Of the highway
4. Backs To The Wall
People pushin' like I don't know (*)
I'm gonna live my life like I wanted to
My hopes shot down, my backs to the wall
But I've got my pride
They can't take it all
I've got my pride
They can't take that away
You've got your pride
They can't take that away
[Repeat *]
I've got my pride
They can't take that away
I've got my pride
They can't take that away
I'm gonna be free
Gonna be free
Can't take my life away (**)
They can't take my life away
Take my life away
[Repeat **]
Take my life away
Take my life away
Back's to the wall
I'm starting to fall
Make your stand, no man's land
Will nobody give me a helping hand
Put me down, wipe me out
Do what you like but I'll put up a fight
I'm goin' to the wall [Repeat]
Goin' to the wall
5. Still Fit To Boogie
We ain't gonna take it lyin' down
We're gonna stand on our own two feet
When people knock us down
We're gonna get up off the ground
And start all over again
Still fit to boogie (*)
Still fit to rock and roll
Stil fit to boogie
Stil fit to rock and roll
They struggle you down when you try to get up
You can't have doubts in your mind
Take the rough with the smooth
You got nothing to lose
All you need's the will to survive
[Repeat *]
Still fit to boogie (**)
Still fit to boogie
Still fit to boogie
Still fit to rock and roll
[Repeat ** 2 times]
If you're really feelin' down
Take a trip to town
And listen to a rock and roll band
You'll be rockin' and reelin'
Reelin' with the feelin'
Still fit to rock and roll, yeah
Still fit to rock and roll
6. Power And The Glory
I'm a soldier of fortune I'm trained and I'm ready to kill
Put me to battle I'll follow the sound of the gun
Give me an order, command me I'll fire at will
I've got no emotions I'm living with thunder and steel
I don't hear your lies all I hear are your battle cries
I'm a soldier of fortune I'm trained and I'm ready to die
To the power and the glory
Raise your glasses high
To the power and the glory
Be with me tonight
A cold death awaits me tonight if I stumble or fall
My friends lay around me their bodies all tattered and torn
But mine is not to reason why, mine is just to do or die
To the power and the glory
Raise your glasses high
To the power and the glory
Be with me tonight
Can you feel the power
Can you feel the glory
Can you feel the power
Can you feel the glory
Can you feel the power
Is it with you tonight
I'm fighting for freedom, I'm safe, I've got God on my side
What price in life can you justify your battle hymn
The General says we'll will win the war, just sacrificed a thousand more
To the power and the glory
Raise your glasses high
To the power and the glory
Be with me tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight
To the power and the glory
Raise your glasses high
To the power and the glory
Be with me tonight
Tonight, yaya
7. Warrior
They land on your shore
Kick down your door
Invaders from over the sea
They rape and they slaughter
Your wives and your daughter
Pillage the wealth from your land
Where do they come from these warrior hoards
When their death and destruction to you
They come with the thunder
To kill and to plunder
Pillage the wealth from your land
So build you defenses against the invader
The tyrant from over the sea
Warrior came, warrior saw, warrior conquered
Warrior came, warrior saw, warrior conquered
The village is peaceful
No sign of danger
People at work in the fields
Then they hit you like lightning
Screaming and fighting
Gunning you down in the wheat
Over the border
The raiding marauder
Carry this wealth to the sea
So you bury your dead
Put out the fires
But the death will be back with the tide
So build you defenses against the invader
The tyrant from over the sea
Warrior came, warrior saw, warrior conquered
Warrior came, warrior saw, warrior conquered
They land on your shore
Kick down your door
Invaders from over the sea
They rape and they slaughter
Your wives and your daughter
Pillage the wealth from your land
Were do they come from these warrior hoards
When their death and destruction to you
They come with the thunder
To steal and to plunder
Spilling your blood on the ground
So build you defenses against the invader
The tyrant from over the sea
Warrior came, warrior saw, warrior conquered
Warrior came, warrior saw, warrior conquered
Warrior came, warrior saw, warrior conquered
Warrior came, warrior saw, warrior conquered
8. To Hell And Back Again
How long must I stay
How long must I go on
Taking my chances I'm running away
Don't take away my daylight
Don't take away my freedom
Why must I go
To hell and back again
To hell and back again
To hell and back again
To hell and back again
Will I make the morning
To see another day
The Gods may come at midnight
They're taking me away
I'm waiting here on death row
I pray for my reprieve
Why must I go
To hell and back again
To hell and back again
To hell and back again
To hell and back again
The chaplain and the gardener
Have told me how to die
I've used up all my chances
Now's the time to cry
Oh, I can hear the footsteps
The lights have just gone dim
I'm on the final journey
To hell and back again
To hell and back again
To hell and back again
To hell and back again
To hell and back again
Will I make the morning
To see another day
The Gods may come at midnight
They're taking me away
I'm standin' here on death row
I pray for my reprieve
Why must I go
To hell and back again
To hell and back again
To hell and back again
To hell and back again
The chaplain and the gardener
Have told me how to die
I've used up all my chances
Now's my time to cry
Oh, I can hear the footsteps
The lights have just gone dim
I'm on my final journey
To hell and back again
To hell and back again
To hell and back again
To hell and back again
To hell and back again
To hell and back again
To hell and back again
To hell and back again
9. Hungry Years
They came down from the north
To the plough they were scorched
In the footsteps of a man who'd been before
Right up from the street
Came the ranks of unemployed
They'd everything to gain but none to lose
They searched the hungry years
For the triumphs, for the tears
It's a chance they had to take
They were waiting for a break
They searched the hungry years
For the triumphs, for the tears
Some make it to the stars
Playing rock 'n' roll guitars
They ran into the lights
Into the muse, into the fights
The system tried to change and understand them
The business world is deep
For a percentage of the heat
There was magic in their eyes
They couldn't see the lies
They searched the hungry years
For the triumphs, for the tears
It's a chance they had to take
They were waiting for a break
They searched the hungry years
For the triumphs, for the tears
Some make it to the stars
Playing rock 'n' roll guitars
Some take the fame
And some take the blame
Maybe they will and maybe they won't
Tonight...
Ya know the world's another stage
Full of heartache full of rage
The system tried to change and understand them
But the business world is deep
For a percentage of the heat
The magic in their eyes
They watched it slowly die
They searched the hungry years
For the triumphs, for the tears
It's a chance they had to take
They were waiting for a break
They searched the hungry years
For the triumphs, for the tears
Some make it to the stars
Playing rock 'n' roll guitars
Playing rock 'n' roll guitars
Woo-hoo-hoo
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, hungry years
They've left the hungry years
Woo-hoo-hoo
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, hungry years
Rock 'n' roll guitars in their hungry years
10. Sixth Form Girls
Sixth Form can't get out at night
They keep them in, it's an awful sin
Should set them free and let them roam
Locked inside their dormitory
They make a plot to sneak away
The plans are set but they don't go yet
They run downtown to join the crowds
They're leaving school behind
They meet the boys from the factory
They're staying out all night, all night
Sixth Form girls, they're looking good
Skin tight jeans, they're out for fun
Drinking wine late at night
Meet some man who'll make them laugh
Buy them drinks and make a pass
Take them back to a penthouse flat
They run downtown to join the crowds
They're leaving school behind
They meet the boys from the factory
They're staying out all night
All night, all night
Sixth Form girls each pick a man
They're learning fast the ways of love
Just sixteen, teenage dream
Sixth Form can't get out at night
They keep them in, it's an awful sin
Should set them free and let them roam
They run downtown to join the crowds
They're leaving school behind
They meet the boys from the factory
They're staying out all night
They run downtown to join the crowds
They're leaving school behind
They meet the boys from the factory
They're staying out for good
They're staying out for good
11. Where The Lightning Strikes
Traveling down life's highway
We carry the heavy load
Where will we be, be tomorrow
Somewhere down the road
We won't forget the friends
We made along the way
Soon we'll be together
Together one fine day
Where the lightning strikes
Is where we're gonna be
Stood on the edge of tomorrow
There waits our destiny
I hear the sound of rolling thunder
The beating of a drum
There's many been, been before us
There's many yet to come
We see the day
The new day dawning
It's just begun
We march into the future
Towards the rising sun
(See the light,
hear the thunder,
the new day)
Beyond the wide, the wide horizon
There's many paths to tread
A journey filled, filled with wonder
Is waiting just ahead
Where the lightning strikes
Is where we're gonna be
Stood on the edge of tomorrow
There waits our destiny
Where the lightning strikes
Is where we're gonna be
Stood on the edge of tomorrow
There waits our destiny
12. Calm Before The Storm
My father used to work the seam
Far below the ground
Digging for the coal to melt the steel
But now he stands a lonely man
Idle and forlorn
Just like the iron wheels
That took him down
I can't stop my tears from falling
Falling down like rain
Your words of wisdom
Call to me
I hang my head in shame
We're living in the calm before the storm
We're living in the calm before the storm
He used to be the fisherman
Who sailed the mighty sea
Searching for the harvest from the deep
But now the fleets are rusting hulks
Anchored at the quay
Floating on a cold gray empty sea
I can't stop my tears from falling
Falling down like rain
Your words of wisdom
Call to me
I hang my head in shame
We're living in the calm before the storm
We're living in the calm before the storm
My father was a working man
He gave his life to me
His spirit reaches out through time
And guides my destiny
I can't stop my tears from falling
Falling down like rain
Your words of wisdom
Call to me
I hang my head in shame
We're living in the calm before the storm
We're living in the calm before the storm
We're living in the calm before the storm
We're living in the calm before the storm
13. For Whom The Bell Tolls
A city divided
The West and the East
Tear down the walls
Give them release
People are marching
They're out in the streets
Shouting for freedom
Shouting for peace
How many more children
Must die on the wall
They'll never be free
Until the bell tolls
The toll of the bell
Is Liberty's song
A city united
Is where they belong
A push of the button
And everything's gone
Total destruction
Comes with the bomb
How many more children
Must die on the wall
They'll never be free
Until the bell tolls
How many more children
Must die on the wall
They'll never be free
14. Red Alert
We were on the Russian border
When the news began to break
Of a nuclear reactor melting down
Sending deadly clouds of dust
Into the atmosphere
Falling down like rain upon the ground
We were laying in the sun
Listening to the radio
When someone said you'd better get inside
We didn't know how serious
The situation was
That many people to the North had died
Red alert, red alert
Screaming in my head
There's something I'm not sure of going down
Red alert, red alert
Screaming in the night
That fallout seems to follow me around
We made out way to Hungary
Got ready for the show
Thinking we were safe there
From the storm
But the deadly cloud was high above
Taken by the wind
Spreading like a plague across the land
A threat you couldn't see
Nothing you could feel
Something evil floating in the air
Look towards the East
For the danger yet to come
For the Earth
We make a silent prayer
Red alert, red alert
Screaming in my head
There's something I'm not sure of going down
Red alert, red alert
Screaming in the night
That fallout seems to follow me around
We were on the Russian border
When the news began to break
Of a nuclear reactor melting down
Sending deadly clouds of dust
Into the atmosphere
Falling down like rain upon the ground
Red alert, red alert
Screaming in my head
There's something I'm not sure of going down
Red alert, red alert
Screaming in the night
That fallout seems to follow me around
15. Back On The Streets
We've been out in the cold
Trying to get in
We've been ripped off and rolled
Heads in a spin
Nothin can stop us breakin' through
Finding my way back home to you
Standing alone in the fight
You've never been out of our sight
We're back on the streets again
We're back on our feet again
We're out of the night
Into the light
We're back on the streets again
We're back, we're back on the streets again
We're back, we're back on our feet again
We were caught in the crossfire
But no one could win
They bled off the power
Our spirit within
Standing our ground
We're digging in
This time 'round
We're gonna win
The banners are flying high
We're reaching for the sky
We're back on the streets again
We're back on our feet again
We're out of the night
Into the light
We're back on the streets again
We're back, we're back on the streets again
We're back, we're back on our feet again
16. Rock'n'Roll Gypsy
Yaaahh
White Line fever
Takes me high
Another city
Another lie
Another town
Another face
Another woman to take your place
Catch the bullet
Ride the storm
Drive me crazy 'till the dawn
Like an eagle flying high
Look for freedom in the sky
She's a rock 'n roll gypsy
Don't go breaking my heart
She's a rock 'n roll gypsy
She's gonna tear me apart
Rollin' thunder
Movin' on
Another time
Another song
Another room
Another night
Another dream
Another fight
Keep on movin' down the line
Gypsy woman on my mind
Ask no questions tell no lies
See the answers in my eyes
She's a rock 'n roll gypsy
Don't go breaking my heart
She's a rock 'n roll gypsy
She's gonna tear me apart
Hey gypsy, uh, you're breakin' my heart, yeah
Tear me apart, uh, yeah
White Line fever
Takes me high
Another city
Another lie
Another town
Another face
Another woman to take your place
Catch the bullet
Ride the storm
Drive me crazy 'till the dawn
Like an eagle flying high
Look for freedom in the sky
She's a rock 'n roll gypsy
Don't go breaking my heart
She's a rock 'n roll gypsy
She's gonna tear me apart
She's a rock 'n roll gypsy
Don't go breaking my heart
She's a rock 'n roll gypsy
Yeah
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