Be Quick or Be Dead lyrics

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's 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 (quick, quick) or be dead (dead, dead, dead)

See…what's ruling all our lives

See…who's pulling strings

See…what's ruling all our lives

See who pull 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, 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's in your head.

Be quick or be dead —

Be quick (quick, quick) or be dead (dead, dead, dead)

You got to watch them — Be quick or be dead

Snake eyes in heaven — The thief's in your head.

You've got to watch them — Be quick or be dead

Snake eyes in heaven — The thief's in your head.

Be quick or be dead — Be quick!

• Artist:Iron Maiden
• Album:Fear of the Dark (1992)