1. Born in '58 (Bruce
Dickinson / Janick Gers)
2. Tattooed
Millionaire (live) (Bruce
Dickinson / Janick Gers)
3. Son of a Gun
(live) (Bruce
Dickinson / Janick Gers) Track 1
produced & Engineered by Chris
Tsangarides. Mixed by Nigel Green.
Tracks 2 & 3 recorded live at The
Astoria Theatre, London, June 1990.
Recorded and Engineered by Mick
McKenna with The Rolling Stones
Mobile.
Totally live mix by Doug Hall.
Born
in '58
(Bruce
Dickinson / Janick Gers)
Born
in a mining town in 58
When black and white T.V. was up to
date
And men were still around
Who fought for freedom, stood their
grounds and died
That I could be alive
And see the damage that weve
managed since
In this sceptred isle
Is nothing sacred, but the one square
mile
Justice
and liberty
You can buy, but you dont get
free
In a world of steel and glass
We bury our past
On
and on, we slept til dawn
When we awoke, we hardly spoke
My
grandfather taught me how to fight
Old fashion stuff like wrong and
right
But all around I see his morals
Buried in a mess of money troubles
Born in a mining town in 58
When black and white T.V. was up to
date
And men were still around
Who fought for freedom, stood their
grounds and died
Justice
and liberty
You can buy, but you dont get
free
In a world of steel and glass
We bury our past
On
and on, we slept til dawn
When we awoke, we hardly spoke
On
and on, we slept til dawn
When we awoke, it was all the same
Tattooed
Millionaire (live)
(Bruce
Dickinson / Janick Gers)
Tattooed
boys with expensive toys
Living in a bubble of sin
Money can buy you most of anything
Fix your nose or the mess youre
in
Front
page news, you can share your views
With a population that wants to be
like you
Out on the strip, out on the tiles
Same old greed behind the P.R. smiles
You
and all your entourage, to me youre
all the same
You and all your entourage, playing
foolish games
I
dont want your big city shining
I dont want your silver lining
I dont wanna be a tattooed
millionaire
Hes
got a wife, she aint no brain
child
Ex mud Queen of Miami
In his stretch Cadillac, he keeps her
in the back
With a CD player and his bottle of
Jack
L.A.
dudes, L.A. attitude
Laid back selfish and getting fat
Bodyguards, porn stars, gold credit
cards
Using each other, running for cover
You
and all your entourage, to me youre
all the same
You and all your entourage, playing
foolish games
I
dont want your big city shining
I dont want your silver lining
I dont wanna be a tattooed
millionaire
Son
of a Gun (live)
(Bruce
Dickinson / Janick Gers)
Holy
was the preacher
Riding on his rig of steel in the
rising sun
This was no grim reaper
But a man with a smile
Who
took a pride in a job well done
In a blood red sunrise
Hes preaching conversion
As you lay down and die
A
God given holy roller
In a God forsaken land
He didnt choose this killing
ground
He didnt want this scrap of
land
Hes
gonna scorch the earth
And make the river run dry
Until we learn to hate like him
To kill for killing, live to die
Ride
on, you son of a gun
Ride on, ride into the setting sun
You
gotta be a hero
For one last time
To prove through your destruction
Killing is a great way of life
Theres
a wooden cross somewhere
Where theyll bury you down deep
You lie to your people, you lie to
yourself
Youre in love with death, youve
got to shame
The
preacher laughed, the preacher cried
He loaded bullets as he smiled
The congregation sat and wondered
Would they live or would they die?
Just
an ordinary man with his orders and
his plans
In the shadows of a cross
In a blood red sunshine
Take me to Jesus, with Judas as my
guide
Ride
on, you son of a gun
Ride on, ride into the setting sun
Ride
on, you bleeding heart
Ride on, you played no part
Ride on, you feel no pity
Ride on, you feel no pain
Ride into history...
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