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Iron Maiden - The Longest Day
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(Smith / Harris / Dickinson)

 In the gloom the gathering storm abates
 In the ships gimlet eyes await
 The call to arms to hammer at the gates
 To blow them wide, throw evil to its fate
 
 All summer's long the drills to build the machine
 To turn men from flesh and blood to steel
 From paper soldiers to bodies on the beach
 From summer sands to Armageddon's reach
 
 Overlord, your master not your god
 The enemy coast dawning grey with scud
 These wretched souls puking, shaking fear
 To take a bullet for those who sent them here
 
 The world's alight, the cliffs erupt in flames
 No escape, remorseless shrapnel rains
 Drowning men, no chance for a warrior's fate
 A choking death, enter hell's gates

 Sliding we go, only fear at our side
 To the edge of the wire and we rush with the tide
 Oh the water is red with the blood of the dead
 But I'm still alive, pray to God I survive

 How long on this longest day 'til we finally make it through
 How long on this longest day 'til we finally make it through
 How long on this longest day 'til we finally make it through
 How long on this longest day 'til we finally make it through

 The rising dead, faces bloated torn
 They are relieved, the living wait their turn
 Your number's up, the bullet's got your name
 You still go on, to hell and back again
 Valhalla waits, valkyries rise and fall
 The warrior tombs lie open for us all
 A ghostly hand reaches through the veil
 Blood and sand, we will prevail

 Sliding we go, only fear on our side
 To the edge of the wire and we rush with the tide
 Oh the water is red with the blood of the dead
 But I'm still alive, pray to God I survive

 How long on this longest day 'til we finally make it through
 How long on this longest day 'til we finally make it through
 How long on this longest day 'til we finally make it through
 How long on this longest day 'til we finally make it through

 (5:17 ? 5:32 Solo: Adrian Smith)
 (6:19 ? 6:36 Solo: Dave Murray)

 How long on this longest day 'til we finally make it through
 How long on this longest day 'til we finally make it through
 How long on this longest day 'til we finally make it through
 How long on this longest day 'til we finally make it through