Iron Maiden - Aces High

Best Of the Beast / 1996-03-21 1. Rime of the Ancient Mariner 2. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son 3. Running Free 4. The Prisoner 5. Holy Smoke 6. Killers 7. Prowler 8. Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter 9. Sanctuary 10. Be Quick Or Be Dead 11. Revelations 12. Virus 13. The Evil That Men Do 14. Man on the Edge 15. The Trooper 16. 2 Minutes to Midnight 17. Wrathchild 18. Afraid To Shoot Strangers 19. Wasted Years 20. Invasion 21. Aces High 22. Heaven Can Wait 23. Fear Of The Dark 24. The Number of the Beast 25. Strange World 26. Iron Maiden 27. Run to the Hills 28. Can I Play With Madness 29. Where Eagles Dare 30. Hallowed Be Thy Name 31. Sign of the Cross 32. Phantom of the Opera 33. The Clairvoyant 34. Remember Tomorrow

Aces High

(Steve Harris)

There goes the siren that warns of the air raid
Then comes the sound of the guns sending flak
Out for the scramble we've got to get airborne
Got to get up for the coming attack.

Jump in the cockpit and start up the engine
Remove all the wheelblocks there's no time to waste
Gathering speed as we head down the runway
Gotta get airborne before it's too late.

Running, scrambling, flying
Rolling, turning, diving, going in again
Run, live to fly, fly to live, do or die
Won't you run, live to fly, fly to live. Aces high.

Move in to fire at the mainstream of bombers
Let off a sharp burst and then turn away
Roll over, spin round to come in behind them
Move to their blindsides and fire in again.

Bandits at 8 O'clock move in behind us
Ten ME-109's out of the sun
Ascending and turning our spitfires to face them
Heading straight for them I press down my guns

Rolling, turning, diving
Rolling, turning, diving, going in again
Run, live to fly, fly to live, do or die
Won't you run, live to fly, fly to live, Aces high.