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SAXON LYRICS
"Strong Arm of the Law" (1980)
1. Heavy Metal Thunder
2. To Hell and Back Again
3. Strong Arm of the Law
4. Taking Your Chances
5. 20,000 Feet
6. Hungry Years
7. Sixth Form Girls
8. Dallas 1 PM
1. Heavy Metal Thunder
If you're talking a flight
At the speed of light
You're shaking your heads to the band
If you're there on your horse
But you're not on the force
We're taking this place to the ground
In the heat of the night
When you're fists are alight
Forged on anvils of steel
If your body's on fire
About to expire
We go to the threshold of pain
Pull your heads back
Hold your hands high
Shake your body
If it's too loud
And you're burning hot
Fill your heads with heavy metal thunder
Heavy metal thunder
On the wings of an eagle
You're hoping to fly
Holding your hands to the sky
In a blue sea of denim
Checkin' the band
With your banners and scarves heln on high
If you think something more
You'll come down to the front
Don't sit there and do as they say
We're an army of thousands
Surrounded by light
Tearing this place to the ground
Pull your heads back
Hold your hands high
Shake your body
If it's too loud
And you're burning hot
Fill your heads with heavy metal thunder
Heavy metal thunder
Pull your heads back
Hold your hands high
Shake your body
If it's too loud
And you're burning hot
Fill your heads with heavy metal thunder
Heavy metal thunder
2. 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
3. Strong Arm of the Law
was listening to the music on the radio
I had a feeling that something's not right
The music was loud, we could still hear the crowd
From the gig that we played that night
We pulled into a motorway restaurant
Stopped a while and fooled around
Oh, I still had a feeling that something's not right
As we started out homeward bound
Stop, get out
We are the strong arm of the law
Stop, get out
We are the strong arm of the law
Into the night came a blue flashing light
A blast from the siren to make sure
That we came to a stop behind the motorway cop
Who'd been trailing us for more than an hour
He pulled us out of the car at the side of the road
He questioned us one at a time
Where is the gear that we know that you use
We said the only speed we use is our car
Stop, get out
We are the strong arm of the law
Stop, get out
We are the strong arm of the law
You should've seen the stupid smirk drop from his face
It was a negative exercise
The way that we dress and the things that we do
They thought it was an easy bust
I was listening to the music on the radio
I had a feeling that something's not right
The music was loud, we could still hear the crowd
From the gig that we played that night
Stop, get out
We are the strong arm of the law
Stop, get out
We are the strong arm of the law
Stop, get out
We are the strong arm of the law
Stop, get out
We are the strong arm of the law
Stop, get out
We are the strong arm of the law
Stop, get out
We are the strong arm of the law
Stop! Get out!
4. Taking Your Chances
I know that it's cold
Well don't stand outside my door
I told you before
I don't want you anymore
Changed all the locks
And took away your key
I don't care where you go
But just stay away from me
I can't stand it
I don't need it
I don't want you
I can't trust you
Taking your chances
In the world outside
Taking your chances
In the world outside
Taken all that I had
But you still come back for more
It's the end of the line for me
And that's for sure
But I know that you're proud
That you cut me to the bone
That it's better for you if you go
And you don't stay home
I can't stand it
I don't need it
I don't want you
I can't trust you
Taking your chances
In the world outside
Taking your chances
In the world outside
I know that it's cold
But don't hang around my door
I'm packing your bags
You don't live here anymore
It's the end of the line for me
And that's for sure
I don't care where you go
But just keep away from here
I can't stand it
I don't need it
I don't want you
I can't trust you
Taking your chances
In the world outside
Taking your chances
In the world outside
5. 20,000 Feet
If there's one thing I love
It's flying there above
Breaking through the barrier of sound
It's just like making love
Sittin' there above
Riding in my bird of silver steel
Time after time
Ten miles high
I'm living my fantasies
At twenty thousand feet
It's the rushing of my blood
That makes me feel so good
I can see the world below just shooting by
Twice the speed of sound
That's how I like to ride
My chariot of steel across the sky
Time after time
Ten miles high
I'm living my fantasies
At twenty thousand feet
Twenty thousand feet
Twenty thousand feet
If it's faster than light
Sharper than steel
I'll race across the ceiling of the world
Just like a gun
Aiming at the sun
Riding in my bird of silver steel
Time after time
Ten miles high
Living my fantasies
At twenty thousand feet
Twenty thousand feet
I'm floating in space
My troubles seems to disappear
Then I awake
Got to get my head back in place
Twenty thousand feet
Twenty thousand feet
Twenty thousand feet
Twenty thousand feet
6. 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
7. 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
8. Dallas 1 PM
The crowded main street, the scene was set
They check out the view, turn the radio on
Open the case, assemble the gun
Wait at the ready for the presidents run
The world was shocked that fateful day
A young man's life was blown away, away, away
In Dallas 1pm
White hot lead, in the back of the head
Screaming confusion, shots rip the air
Cadillac racing, cops on the run
They couldn't believe the president's hit
The shooting's done, assassins run
Is he dead, no one will say
Around the world the news was flashed
We sat and watched your tragic history
The world was shocked that fateful day
A young man's life was blown away, away, away
In Dallas 1pm, 1pm
The world was shocked
In Dallas 1pm
We sat and watched
Tragic history
The world was shocked
In Dallas 1pm
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