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Artist: Iron Maiden
Canonical path: /iron-maiden/be-quick-or-be-dead
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Be Quick Or Be Dead
Read Be Quick Or Be Dead lyrics by Iron Maiden 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
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
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
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
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