d the sky is dark

Sword and shield
Bone and steel, rictus grin
Deaf forever to the battles din
Deaf forever to the battles din

March or croak, flame and smoke
Burn forever in eternal pain
Charge and fall, bugle call
Bone splinter in the driving rain

Horses scream, viking dream
Drowned heroes in a lake of blood
Armoured fist, severed wrist
Broken spears in a sea of mud

Sword and shield
Bone and steel, rictus grin
Deaf forever to the battles din
Deaf forever to the battles din

Mother earth, mother earth
Enfold you in her cold embrace
Sinking down, killing ground
Worm crawling on your cold white face

Win or lose, nought to choose
All men are equal when their memory fades
No one knows, friends or foes
If Valhalla lies beyond the grave

Sword and shield
Bone and steel, rictus grin
Deaf forever to the battles din
Deaf forever to the battles din



Nothing up my sleeve

(Kilmister/Burston/Campbell/Gill)

You're playing tricks, babe and that's a fact
Your magic circle ain't where's it's at
One moment you were here and then you disappeared
This ain't the first time that I've caught your act

Nothing up my sleeve, babe
Watch out, watch out
Magic's what you need, babe
Just like that

You know your slight of hand is messing up my life
Maybe this time, babe, you're gonna get it right
One moment I was there, now just an empty chair
This ain't the first time you've shout out my lights

Nothing up my sleeve, babe
Watch out, watch out
Magic's what you need, babe
Just like that

Saw me in half babe and that's quite a trick
You make me laugh, babe, you make me sick
I'm gone but now you lack the spell to bring me back
This ain't the first time I've seen your magic slip

Nothing up my sleeve, babe
Watch out, watch out
Magic's what you need, babe
Just like that



Ain't my crime

(Kilmister/Burston/Campbell/Gill)

I don't believe a word, I know you tell me lies
Just watch me flip the bird right in your lying eyes
You just can't figure out why I'm the way I am
I'm low life born and bred and I don't give a damn

I've had enough, I'm stepping out of line
Ain't gonna stop me, babe, you ain't worth a dime
You nearly had me fooled, wasting my time
You might've broke my heart and if you broke my heart

I know it ain't my crime

I'm here to tell you, I was here and now I'm gone
You need a wages slave but I sure ain't the one
I'm moving off the lot, just hire another act
I don't need what you got, that ain't where I'm at

I've had enough, I'm stepping out of line
Ain't gonna stop me, babe, you ain't worth a dime
You nearly had me fooled, wasting my time
You might've broke my heart and if you broke my heart

I know it ain't my crime

Just show me the door, here I go again
I seen it all before, happens now and then
No tears in your eyes, sure ain't none in mine
Two people in disguise, frozen in time

I've had enough, I'm stepping out of line
Ain't gonna stop me, babe, you ain't worth a dime
You nearly had me fooled, wasting my time
You might've broke my heart and if you broke my heart

I know it ain't my crime



Claw

(Kilmister/Burston/Campbell/Gill)

Watching you, watching me
I was hoping you'd be here tonight
Watching him, watching you, he'd better watch out too
'Cause he keeps getting in my light

I think he's going overload
Don't know what you're running for?
He thinks he's got you where he wants you, babe
But he don't understand the power of the claw

The claw
The claw
The claw

You know me, I know you
We both know what we came here for
And he think he knows you, he thinks he's got you too
Gonna make him cry for sure

He's going to have to make his own way home
I don't know what's he's smiling for
He thinks you're gonna keep your promises, babe
But he don't understand the power of the claw

The claw
The claw
The claw

Me walking up to you
And whisper in your eager ear
You whisper back to me and he begins to see
He feel the claw is near

And so the ballet starts again
Exit stage left through the door
And we begin the horizontal dance
And he begins to know just what the claw is for

The claw
The claw
The claw
The claw

The claw
The claw
The claw
The claw

You know just what the claw is for
You know just what the claw is for
You know just what the claw is for
I know what my claw is for



Mean machine

(Kilmister/Burston/Campbell/Gill)

Midnight runaway
Know you're running scared
Bright lights, big city
Nobody seems to care

Open your eyes - who's there? Who's there?
Open your eyes - nightmare
Unclean fever dream
On the high side in the mean machine

Black bomber in the night
Can you handle the pain?
Better call the FBI
Better change your name

Open your eyes - oh no! Oh no!
Open your eyes - creepshow
Unclean fever dream
On the wild side in the mean machine

Unclean fever dream
Take a ride, mean machine
Wet dream, bad scene
We don't care where you been

On the screen movie queen
Things ain't always what they seem
Stay clean, crazy dream
Off the high side in the mean machine



Built for speed

(Kilmister/Burston/Campbell/Gill)

You know the rules, you all know the game
Try and do what's right
And I swear I can't complain
If I die tonight

But I don't think it's in the stars
For me to go that way
I'll be here for a long long time, babe
I'm here to stay

I was born to rock 'n' roll
Everything I need
I was born with the hammer down
I was built for speed

Bet your life, it ain't no easy money
But you won't hear me, bitch
Spent a long time wrecked and funny
I've got the ten year itch

See me running all around the world
Trying to make some time
A million miles, a million girls
A million real good times

I was born to rock 'n' roll
Everything I need
I was born with the hammer down
I was built for speed

Don't you listen to a single word
Against rock 'n' roll
The new religion, the electric church
The only way to go

I don't give a good goddamn
My lifes been alright
I'm gonna crazy out of my mind
Every single night

I was born to rock 'n' roll
Everything I need
I was born with the hammer down
I was built for speed



Ridin' with the driver

(Kilmister/Burston/Campbell/Gill)

Iron child out of vulcans forge
Metal scream and thrash
Red steel in the driving wheel
Hear the pistons clash

Dragon breathing big black smoke
Howling up the tracks

I'm riding on the thunderchief
Spit in the devil's eye
No force on earth can stop me now
Like to see'em try

Hey, hey!
Riding with the driver

Juggernaut coming down the line
Hear the banshee cry
Engineer like to lose his mind
Glory in his eye

Too fast to live this way
Too young to die

I'm riding on the thunderchief
Spit in the devil's eye
No force on earth can stop me now
Like to see'em try

Hey, hey!
Riding with the driver
Hey, hey!
Riding with the driver

Hold tight, feel the drivers bite
Hear the whistle moan
Engine rocking to the left and right
Vibrating in my bones

Once the locomotive steals your soul
You got a Casey Jones

I'm riding on the thunderchief
Spit in the devil's eye
No force on earth can stop me now
Like to see'em try

I'm riding on the thunderchief
Spit in the devil's eye
No force on earth can hurt me now
Kiss your ass goodbye

My, my!
Riding with the driver
My, my!
Riding with the driver



Doctor Rock

(Kilmister/Burston/Campbell/Gill)

All right, all right
I hope you son of bitches see the light
You again, you again
I know you've got a mental age of ten

Listen up, listen up
I wouldn't swap you for a thousand bucks
Come on, you're the one
I think I'm going to switch your lazer on

I've got the medicine you need
I've got the power, I've got the speed
I'll find out how to stop your clock
We sure ain't talking doctor Spock

Hear me talking - doctor Rock

Lay down, turn around
Here come the sister, gonna strip you down
Shut up, breathe in
Let's have the address of your next of kin

Chin up, shoulders back
You've got a body like a Marshall stack
Keep still, take your pill
Or I'm gonna make you really ill

I've got the medicine you need
I've got the power, I've got the speed
I'll find out how to stop your clock
We sure ain't talking doctor Spock

Hear me talking - doctor Rock

Next please, next please
Try to separate those cowardly knees
X-ray, you've gotta pay
The only chance you've ever got of getting away

Here we are, what's the scar?
I don't like anything I've seen so far
Pay me, pay me
I ain't no doctor of philosophy

I've got the medicine you need
I've got the power, I've got the speed
I'll find out how to stop your clock
We sure ain't talking doctor Spock

Hear me talking - doctor Rock



Orgasmatron

(Kilmister/Burston/Campbell/Gill)

I am the one - Orgasmatron
The outstretched grasping hand
My image is of agony
My servants rape the land

Obsequious and arrogant
Clandestine and vain
Two thousand years of misery
Of torture in my name

Hypocrisy made paramount
Paranoia the law
My name is called religion
Sadistic, sacred whore

I twist the truth, I rule the world
My crown is called deceit
I am the emperor of lies
You grovel at my feet

I rob you and I slaughter you
Your downfall is my gain
And still you play the sycophant
And revel in your pain

And all my promises are lies
All my love is hate
I am the politician
And I decide your fate

I march before a martyred world
An army for the fight
I speak of great heroic days
Of victory and might

I hold a banner drenched in blood
I urge you to be brave
I lead you to your destiny
I lead you to your grave

Your bones will build my palaces
Your eyes will stud my crown
For I am Mars - the god of war
And I will cut you down