"KINGS OF METAL" 1988

     "WHEELS OF FIRE"
 
     Since the dawn of time I've rolled across the earth
     Spinning in the dust Long before your birth
     Eatin' tar and gasoline
     Every light I see is green
     Open pipes, my machines's triple-plated chrome

   Chorus:
     Spirit of the wheel
     Wheels of fire burn the night
     Ride across the sky
     Wheels of fire burning bright
     We live to ride

     Motors running Now you're gonna learn
     Waitin on the line Make your tires burn
     Fast, faster,faster,faster
     Speeding always kills
     Nothing else takes us to get these thrills

   Chorus

     Blood and thunder on the road My heart is pounding
     My blood is nitroglycerine
     I'm fire Burning,burning,burning,burning
     Ready to explode
     Don't want nothing left of me to scrape off the road

   Chorus

     Clouds of smoke Tires screaming
     Fire in my hair Blown into a thousand pieces
     Scattered everywhere
     Fast,burn,burning,faster
     Wanna take a ride
     Spirit of the wheel
     Wheels of fire ride

   Chorus

     "KINGS OF METAL"

     Manowar Manowar living on the road
     When we're in town speakers explode
     We don't attract wimps cause we're too loud
     Just true metal people that's Manowar's crowd

   Chorus:
     They wanna keep us down
     But they can't last
     When we get up we're gonna kick your ass
     Gonna keep on burnin'
     We always will
     Other bands play Manowar kill
     Other bands play Manowar kill

     We like it hard we like it fast
     We got the biggest amps man they blast
     True metal people wanna rock not pose
     Wearin' jeans and leather not cracker jack clothes

   Chorus

     We're the kins of metal comin' to town
     When we light up have the roof malled down
     Don't try to tell us that we're too loud
     Cause there ain't no way that we'll ever turn down

   Chorus

     "HEART OF STEEL"

     Build a fire a thousands miles away to light my long
     Way home
     I ride a commet
     My trail is long to stay
     Silence is a heavy stone
     I fight the world and take all they can give
     There are times my heart hangs low
     Born to walk against the wind
     Born to hear my name
     No matter where I stand I'm alone

   Chorus:
     Stand and fight
     Live by your heart
     Always one more try
     I'm not afraid to die
     Stand and fight
     Say what you feel
     Born with a heart of steel

     Burn the bridge behind you
     Leave no retreat
     There's only one way home
     Those who laugh and crowd the path and cut each
     other's throats
     Will fall like melting snow
     They'll watch us rise with fire in our eyes
     They'll bow their heads
     Their hearts will hang low
     Then we'll laugh and they will kneel and know this
     heart of steel was
     Too hard to break
     Too hard to bold

   Chorus

     "THE CROWN AND THE RING"

     From a battle I've come
     To a battle I ride
     Blazing up to the sky
     Chains of fate
     Hold a fiery stride
     I'll see you again when I die

   Chorus:
     High and mighty alone we are kings
     Whirlwinds of fire we ride
     Providence brought us the crown and the ring
     Covered with blood and our pride

     Heroes await me
     My enemies ride fast
     Knowing not this ride's their last
     Saddle my horse as I drink my last ale
     Bow string and steel will prevail

   Chorus

     Odin I await thee
     Your true son am I
     I hail you now as I die
     I pledge you my sword and to no man I kneel
     Ours is the kingdom of steel

   Chorus

     "KINGDOM COME"

     See the white light The light within
     Be your own disciple Fan the sparks of will
     For all of us waiting Our kingdom has come
     Rays of power shining Rays of magic fall
     On the golden voice that speaks within us all
     For all of us waiting Your kingdom will come

     Kingdom come

     Fell the white light
     The light within
     Yea it burns a tire that drives a man to win
     For all of us waiting
     Your kingdom will come

     Kingdom come

     Words of power
     Calling to us all
     Holding us together while other kingdoms fall
     No longer waiting
     Our kingdom has come

     Kingdom come

     Kingdom coming
     Another kingdom falls
     The rightfull are waiting
     But all are not rightfull
     Wait and receive the weight of the fall

     Kingdom come

     "PLEASURE SLAVE" (CD: BONUS TRACK ONLY)
 

     She waiting to kiss my hand
     But she will wait for my command
     My chains and collar brought her to her knees
     She now is free to please

   Chorus:
     Woman, be my slave
     That's your reason to live
     Woman, be my slave
     The greatest gift I can give
     Woman, be my slave

     Before her surrender she had no life
     Now she's a slave, not a wife
     Her only sorrow is for women who live with lies
     She's taken off her disguise

   Chorus
     Woman, be my slave
     Chained unto my bed
     Woman, be my slave
     Begging to be led

     Your body belongs to me

     Woman come here
     Remove your garments
     Kneel before me
     Please me

     Woman, be my slave
     Chained unto my bed
     Woman, be my slave
     Begging to be led

     "HAIL AND KILL"

     Brothers I am calling from the valley of the kings
         with nothing to atone
     A dark march lies ahead together we will ride like
         thunder from the sky
     May your sword stay wet like a young girl in her
         prime
     Hold your hammers high

     Blood and death are waiting like a raven in the sky
     I was born to die
     Hear me while I live
     As I look into your eyes
     None shall hear a lie
     Power and dominion are taken by the will
     By diving right hail and kill

   Chorus:
     Hail Hail Hail and Kill,Hail and Kill
     Hail Hail Hail and Kill,Hail and Kill

     My father was a wolf
     I'm a kinsman of the slain
     Sworn to rise again
     I will bring salvation, punishment and pain
     The hammer of hate is our faith
     Power and dominion are taken by the will
     By diving right hail and kill

   Chorus

     Rip their flesh
     Burn their hearts
     Stab them in the eyes
     Rape their women as they cry
     Kill their servants
     Burn their homes
     Till there's no blood left to spill
     Hail and Kill

     Power and dominion are taken by the will
     By diving right hail and kill

     Hail Hail Hail and Kill,Hail and Kill

     "THE WARRIORS PRAYER"

     Grandfather tell me a story
     Allright go and get your storybook
     No no not one of those a real story
     A real story?
     Yes tell me about when you were a boy
     Well then I shall have to take you back
     with me a long way in time

     I was my thirteenth year on a cold winter's
     day as I walk through the enchanted
     forest I heard the sound of horses and men
     at arms.I felt compelled to walk on and
     find the place of these sounds.And when
     the forest did clear I was standing on a hill
     Before me the armies of the world
     standing waiting.I thought to myself for
     whom or for what are they waiting?
     Suddenly a gust of wind came up from the
     north.There appeared a lone rider holding
     a sword of steel.Then from the south came
     another bearing a battle ax.From the east
     came a third holding a spiked club.And
     finally from the west a rider who wielded
     a great hammer of war.With them came
     their soldiers of death followed by an
     army of immortals.They were few in number
     but the look in their eyes told all who
     beheld them that they would leave this day
     only in victory or death and there was a
     great silence....My heart began to pound.Storm clouds
     filled the sky with darkness.Rain came.And
     the four winds blew with such anger that I
     held fast to a tree.I watched the four
     riders raise their weapons into the air
     without warning .Screaming their war cry
     they led the attack.Down to the battle they
     rode.They met the armies of the world with
     a mighty clash|I could feel the ground
     shake.The earth drank much blood that
     day|Each of the four was unto himself.A
     whirlwind of doom

     When the smoke did clear many thousands
     were dead.There was much blood and gore.
     Their bodies lay broken and scattered
     across the battlefield like brown leaves
     blown by the wind.And I saw the four ride
     together to the top of the hill.While below
     them the soldiers of death assembled.All
     Those who would now swear allegiance
     to them.

     And the four spoke the words of the
       warriors prayer:

     Gods of war I call you.My sword
      is by my side.
     I seek a life of honor,free from
      all false pride.
     I will crack the whip with a bold
      mighty hail.
     Cover me with death if I should
      ever fail.
     Glory,majesty,unity
     Hail,Hail,Hail

     And as I stood and looked on I heard the
       armies of the world hail them without
       end and their voices of victory carried
       long and far throughout the land

     Well that's it.Did you like the story?
     Yeah it was great|
     Oh good.I'm glad.Now off to bed with you
     Grandfather?
     Yes?
     Who were those four men?
     Who were they?
     They were the metal kings

     "BLOOD OF THE KINGS"

     Brothers the battle is raging
     Choose your side
     Sing with us the BATTLE HYMNS
     INTO GLORY RIDE
     HAIL TO ENGLAND
     THE SIGN OF THE HAMMER's is our guide
     Forever we're FIGHTING THE WORLD
     Side by side

   Chorus:
     On a crusade
     The world we bring
     Four Kings of Metal
     Your Metal Kings
     Death to the false ones
     Dance on a string
     Till the blood on your sword is the blood of a king
     Till the blood on your hand  is the blood of a king

     Our armies in England,Scotland and Wales
     Our brothers in Belgium,Holland and France will not
     fail
     Denmark,Sweden,Norway,Finland,Italy
     Switzerland,Austria
     Back to the glory of Germany

   Chorus

     Sound the DEATH TONE
     On our MARCH FOR REVENGE
     Spill THE BLOOD OF MY ENEMIES
     THE OATH of a friend
     Fight the HOLY WAR for THE CROWN AND THE RING
     Six magic circles made by the BLOOD OF THE KINGS

     Wherever we ride it's metal we bring
     Four Kings of Metal
     Your Metal Kings
     Death to the false ones
     Dance on a string
     Till the blood on your sword is the blood of a king
     Till the blood on your hand  is the blood of a king
     Blood of a king