Age Of Innocence Lyrics - Dance Of Death - Iron Maiden

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 their 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 

So we only get one chance can we take it 

And we only get 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 

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A life of petty crime gets punished with a holiday 

The victim's minds are scarred for life most everyday 

Assailants know just how much further they can go 

They know the laws are soft, conviction chances low 

So we only get one chance can we take it 

And we only get 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 

You can't protect yourself even in your own home 

For fear of vigilante cries the victims wipe their eyes 

So now the criminals they laugh right in your face 

Judicial system lets them do it, a disgrace 

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Despondent public worries where it all will end 

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

We cannot warn each other of evil in our midst 

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

So we only get one chance can we take it 

And we only get 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 

The age of innocence is fading like an old dream...