Don't Wake The Lion (too Old To Die Young) Lyrics - Magnum

It was the day that war broke out 

Everyone seemed exited 

While young men boasted 

And talked of great times 

Dark clouds gathered 

On the Maginot line 

Sisters and fathers 

Brothers and sons 

All said goodbye 

It seemes so much fun 

We'll be finished by Christmas 

Back home by the fire 

Perish the distance 

The bombs and the wire 

Don't wake the lion 

There's a firework show tonight 

Eveyone's been invited 

There's mud on faces 

With frightened white eyes 

And some won't make it 

Throught the thunderous noise 

Powerfull and angry 

Answer the guns 

All through the night 

Relief never comes 

It's criminal deception 

Sets man against man 

Indicting reflection 

A devious plan 

Don't wake the lion 

Here what there saying 

Come the freeze 

You'd better hold on tight 

And while your praying 

On your knees 

Prepare to stand and fight 

Someone keeps saying 

It's written in a book 

So keep yourself in line 

But you're betraying 

With every nervous look 

That now it's killing time 

And from the morning to the night 

We tried 

They said it all would turn out right 

They lied 

Too old to die young 

Too big to cry 

Too old to die young 

To say goodbye 

Above the raging evening sky 

Will never be the same 

While necks are straining 

Those hidden eyes 

Shoot out another flame 

And from the morning to the night 

We try 

They said it all would turn out right 

But they lied 

Yes they lied 

Too old to die young 

Too big to cry 

Too old to die young 

To say goodbye