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COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Joe Strummer
Songwriter
Mick Jones
Songwriter
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I saw the millions, the naked and the dead
I saw the city streets running bloody red
I saw a thousand bombers circle in the sky
I saw the firestorm fifty stories high
[Verse 2]
I saw a hundred thousand scream and burn
I saw the armoured wheels grind and turn
Universal soldier, doomed to live to tell
Fight and die forever, burn in bloody hell
[Verse 3]
Death or glory, death or glory
March forever in the sound and fury
Death or glory, death or glory
Blood and iron, it's the same old story
[Verse 4]
I held the Iron Cross, first class with the swords
I marched with Hitler down the bloody road to war
I was at Jutland loading till the gun was hot
Killed at Trafalgar without firing a shot
[Verse 5]
I was at Moscow, burning in my tank
I was at Shiloh, marching in the ranks
I was a Sturmbannführer, fighting in Berlin
I was a Russian hero, dying for Stalin
[Verse 6]
Death or glory, death or glory
March forever in the sound and fury
Death or glory, death or glory
Blood and iron, it's the same old story
[Verse 7]
I swung a saber and I was a young Hussar
I was a Cossack, fighting for the Czar
I was a Viking, Berserker from the North
A Roman gladiator, murdered just for sport
[Verse 8]
I was with Bonaparte, I died at Waterloo
I was a Frankish Knight, a Polish Jew
I was a Spartan in the Trojan Wars
I was a warrior for Crazy Horse
[Verse 9]
Death or glory, death or glory
March forever in the sound and fury
Death or glory, death or glory
The lone survivor but no comfort for me
[Verse 10]
Death or glory, death or glory
Executioner, judge and jury
Death or glory, death or glory
Blood and iron, it's the same old story
[Verse 11]
Aufstehen!!!
Written by: Ian Kilmister, Micael Delaoglou, Phil Campbell, Michael Burston, Peter MacIntosh