Iron Maiden - Age of Innocence - Текст песни

I can't be compromising in my thoughts no more 

I can't prevent the times my anger fills my heart 

I can't be sympathizing with a new lost cause 

I feel I've lost my patience with the world and all 


And all the politicians and their hollow promises 

And all the lies, deceit and shame that goes with it 

The working man pays everything for their mistakes 

And with his life too if there was to be a war 


[Chorus:]

So we can only get one chance, can we take it?

And we only got one life, can't exchange it

Can we hold on to what we have, don't replace it 

The age of innocence is fading like an old dream 


A life of petty crime gets punished with a holiday 

The victims' mind are scarred for life most everyday 

Assailants know just how much further they can go 

They know the laws are soft, conviction chances low 


[Repeat chorus]


You can't protect yourselves even in your own home 

For fear of vigilante cries, the victims wipe their eyes 

So now the criminal they launch right in our face 

Judical system lets them do it, a disgrace 


Despondent public worries, where it will all end?

We can't protect ourselves, our kids from the crime trend 

We cannot even warn each other of evil in our midst 

They have more rights than us, you cannot call that just 


[Repeat chorus]