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Artist: Bruce Dickinson
Canonical path: /bruce-dickinson/be-quick-or-be-dead
Related lyric paths: 6
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Be Quick Or Be Dead
Read Be Quick Or Be Dead lyrics by Bruce Dickinson on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Be Quick Or Be Dead
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Covered in sinners and dripping with guilt
Making you money
From slime and from filth
Parading your bellies in ivory towers
Investing our lives in your schemes
And your powers
You got to watch them
Be quick or be dead
Snake eyes in heaven
The thief in your head
You've got to watch them
Be quick or be dead
Snake eyes in heaven
The thief in your head
Be quick or be dead!
Be quick or be dead
See what's ruling all our lives
See who's pulling the strings
I bet you won't fall on your face
Your belly will hold you in place
The serpent is crawling inside of your ear
He says you must vote
For what you want to hear
Don't matter what's wrong
As long as you're alright
So pull yourself stupid
And rob yourself blind
Be quick!
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Bruce Dickinson performs "Be Quick Or Be Dead", and this lyric page sits inside the Bruce Dickinson catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to (I Wanna Be) Elected and 2 Minutes To Midnight with a short reason for opening each page next.
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