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Artist: Iron Maiden
Canonical path: /iron-maiden/the-prisoner
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Prisoner
Read The Prisoner lyrics by Iron Maiden on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Prisoner
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Who are you?
The new number two
Who's number one?
You are number six
I'm not a number ya
I'm a free man!
Hahahahaha!
I'm on the run, I'll kill to eat
I'm starving now, feeling dead on my feet
Going all the way, I'm nature's beast
Do what l want, I do as l please
Run, you've gotta fight to breathe, it's tough
Now you see me, now you don't
Break the walls, I'm coming out
I'm not a prisoner, I'm a free man
And my blood is my own now
Don't care where the past was
I know where I'm going out
If you kill me, it's self defence
If I kill you, then I call it vengeance
Spit in your eye, I will defy
You'll be afraid when I call out your name
Run, you've gotta fight, to breathe, it's tough
Now you see me, now you don't
Break the walls, I'm coming out
I'm not a prisoner, I'm a free man
And my blood is my own now
Don't care where the past was
I know where I'm going
I'm not a number, I'm a free man
I'll live my life where l want to
You'd better scratch me
From your black book
'Cause I'll run rings around you
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