SIGN OF THE HAMMER - MANOWAR


"All Men Play On Ten"



I made a rock'n'roll sin

When I tried givin in to 

make money had to turn down low.

They said, "why be proud, don't play so loud, 

be like us and get a sound that's real thin. 

Wear a polyester suit, act happy look cute, 

get a haircut and buy small gear"

That's when I turned to them and said, 

"hold it, right there!"



Well it's more to me than just a job,

and while I'm playin' you won't get robbed.

Nobody tells a man how to play,

It just ain't that way hey, hey, hey,

can you hear me say...



All men play on ten, 

never gonna turn down again.

All men play on ten,

never gonna turn down.



I'm jet fuel honey, plug me into 220

Step back and let my fingers fly

While I'm burning up my gear

There's a fire in your ear

That won't stop until the day you die.



I really put it to the floor when I hear the crowd roar

Oh it's music to my ears when they scream

Then I run back to the power rack

and deck all of my gear.



Well it's more to me than just a job,

and while I'm playin' you won't get robbed.

Nobody tells a man how to play,

It just ain't that way hey, hey, hey,

can you hear me say...



"Animals"



Hear the call of the wild in us all

It waits for the night to fall

I'm getting hot, I'm ready for the night

No holding back, let's 

I'm gonna give all you can take all night

And leave you in the morning feeling right



I'm an animal, there's an animal in me

Gonna set it free

I'm an animal, there's an animal in me

Gonna set it free



I've been looking, you've been watching from the side

Tere's somethings you just can't hide

Oh, you're getting wet, you're working up a sweat

Your hair's standing up on end

Your skin is screaming, glad we met?

Tonight's one night you won't forget







"Thor (The Powerhead)"



Black clouds on the horizon

Great thunder and burning rain

His chariot pounding,

I heard the heavens scream his name



I watched as he shouted

To the giants that died that day

He hehd up his hammer high

And called to Odin for a sign



Thor the mighty, Thor the brave

Crush the infidels in your way

By your hammer let none be saved

Live to die on that final day

Gods, Monsters and Men

We'll die together in the end



God of thunder, god of rain

Earth shaker who feels no pain

The powerhead of the Universe

Now send your never ending curse



Swing your hammer to crack the sky

Lift your cape so that you might fly

Back to Odin and the Gods on High

And leave this mortal world



"Mountains"



So tall, silent against the sky

Up through the clouds where eagles fly

Wind and rain beat down on one so strong

They cut but never change, what stood so long



Tall as a mountain, I'm gonna tear through the sky

Life's for the taking



Like a man is a mountainside

Greatness waits for those who try

None can teach you, it's all inside

Just climb



I am in the ground, I am in the air

I am all, I live in the hearts of men

I am the call to greatness

Not all can hear



I awaken the creator in those who dare

And the day will come, when we all must die

And enter the mountainside



I have no fear

Death and Glory

Both draw near



"Sign Of The Hammer"



The spell has been broken, 

the curse has been lifted

Black is the wind on the heels

Of the Gifted

Four sworn to vengeance, 

See the hate in our eyes

Called by the Gods, and given a sign



Onward pounding Into Glory Ride

Sign of the Hammer be my guide

Final warning all stand aside

Sign of the Hammer it's my time



Pounding, pounding, we are back from the dead

those who denied us are delivered instead

Into the hands of Four sworn to ride

Now the people will triumph and live by the sign



"The Oath"



Burning embers of the second death will come in the night

Priests and kings, the alpha and omega, poison bites

False prophets and deceivers swing from the trees

Now dawn the age of birds

Drunk with blood, like lepers with disease

Lord of the sky Mercury the guide

Lord of the underworld, I swear the sacred rite

I will crucify, slay them with their tribe

Hear my war cry



They'll find no sanctuary hidden in their ancestral halls

Let loose the knot that binds the spirit and flesh

Let it fall

For only courage and heroism linger after death

So, hold fast thy sword, rejecting pain, feel the dragons

Breath



I've sworn the oath



"Guyana - The Cult of The Damned"



We thank you for the kool aid, reverend Jim

We're glad to leave behind their world of sin

Our lifeless bodies fall on holy ground

Rotting flesh, a sacrificial mound



Were you our god or a man in a play

Who took our applause and forced us to stay

Now all together we lived as we died

On your command by your side



Guyana in the Cult of the Damned

Give us your word for the grand final stand

Guyana in the Cult of the Damned

Give us your word for the grand final stand



In the Cult of the Damned we all worked the land

Too afraid to look up we all feared his hand

Hurry my children there isn't much time

But we'll meet again on the other side

Be good to the children and old people first

Hand them a drink they're dying of thirst



Bigfoot Bigfoot thrown in a well 

Pulled under water screaming like hell

He told us life was just a hotel

Time to check out when he rang the bell



Mother, Mother

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