(B. Dickinson/ J. 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.
Ohh, in a blood red sunrise.
He's preaching conversion as you lay down and die.
Just a god given holy roller.
In a god forsaken land.
He didn't choose this killing ground.
He didn't want this scrap of land.
You've got to scorch the earth, yeah.
and make the rivers run dry.
Until we learn to hate like him.
Kill for killing'. Live to die.
CHORUS:
Ride on you son of a gun
Ride on. Ride into the setting sun.
Ride on you son of a gun
You've gotta be a hero, for one last time.
To prove through your destruction.
That killing is a great way of life.
There's a wooden cross somewhere.
Where they'll bury you down deep.
You lie to your people, You lie to yourself.
Your in love with death babe.
You've got no shame.
REPEAT CHORUS
The preacher laughed. The preacher cried.
He loaded bullets as he smiled.
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.
Oh in a blood red sunrise.
Take me to Jesus, with Judas my guide.
REPEAT CHORUS
Ride on your bleeding heart.
Ride on you play no part.
Ride on you feel no pity.
Ride on you feel no pain.
Ride into history.
The lyrics SON OF A GUN of BRUCE DICKINSON is also present in the album Tattooed millionaire (1990)
Bruce Dickinson è un cantante, musicista e imprenditore britannico, noto soprattutto come frontman del gruppo heavy metal Iron Maiden. Nato a Worksop, Nottinghamshire, nel 1958, Dickinson ha iniziato la sua carriera musicale negli anni '70 con il gruppo punk-rock Samson. Nel 1981, è entrato a far parte degli Iron Maiden, sostituendo Paul Di'Anno alla voce. Sotto la sua guida, la band ha raggiunto un successo globale, vendendo oltre 100 milioni di album in tutto il mondo. Dickinson è noto per le sue performance teatrali e la sua tecnica vocale potente e versatile. Oltre alla musica, Dickinson è anche un pilota di aerei commerciali e un autore di libri. Ha pubblicato diversi romanzi fantasy e autobiografie. Tra i brani più rappresentativi di Bruce Dickinson con gli Iron Maiden figurano 'Run to the Hills', 'The Trooper' e 'Fear of the Dark'.
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