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When the wild wind blows - Iron Maiden

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Have you heard what they said on The news today?
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Have you heard what is coming To us all?
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That the World as we know it Will be coming to an end
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Have you heard? have you heard?
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He sees them in the distance where the darkened clouds roll
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He can feel tension in the Atmosphere
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He would look in the mirror see an old man now
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Does it matter they survive somehow
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They said there's nothing can be done about the situation
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They said there's nothing we can Do at all
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To sit and wait around for something to occur
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Did you know? did you know?
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As he stares across the garden looking at the meadows
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Wonders if they'll ever grow again
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The desperation of the situation getting graver
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Getting ready when the wild wind blows

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Have you seen what they said on The news today?
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Have you heard what they said About us all?
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Do you know what is happening To just everyone of us?
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Have you heard? have you heard?
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There will be a catastrophe the like we've never seen
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There will be something that Will light the sky
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That the World as we know it , It will never be the same
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Did you know? did you know?
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He carries everything into the Shelter not a fuss
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getting ready when the moment comes
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He has enough supplies to last them for a year or two
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Good to have because you never know
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They tell us nothing that we don't already know about
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They tell us nothing that is real at all
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They only fill us with the stuff that they want
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Did you know? did you know?
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He's nearly finished with the Preparations for the day
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He's getting tired that'll do for now
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They are preparing for the very Worst to come to them
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Getting ready when the wild wind blows

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He sees the picture on the wall It's falling down upside down
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He sees a teardrop from his wife Roll down her face saying grace
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Remember time they had They flash right through his mind Left behind
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Of a lifetime spent together Long ago will be gone

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They've been preparing for some weeks now
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For when the crucial moment comes
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To take their refuge in the shelter
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Let them prepare for what will come

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They make a tea and sit there waiting
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They're in the shelter feeling snug
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Not long to wait for absolution
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Don't make a fuss just sit and wait

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Can't believe all the lying
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All the screens are denying
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That the moments of truth have begun

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Can't you see it on the T . V .
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Don't believe them in the least bit
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Now the days of our ending have begun

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Say a prayer when it's all over
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Survivors unite all as one
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Got to try and help each other
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Got the will to overcome

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I can't believe all the lying
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All the screens are denying
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That the moments of truth have begun

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Can't you see it on the T . V .
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Don't believe them in the least bit
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Now the days of our ending have begun

( repete intro )
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When they found them had their Arms wrapped around each other
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Their tins of poison laying nearby their clothes
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The day they both mistook an earthquake for the fall out
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Just another when the wild wind blows . . .