Age Of Innocence lyrics

Artist  : Iron Maiden 
Song : Age Of Innocence
 


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

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
that can go
They know the laws are soft
conviction chances low

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

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
ourselces 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

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

The age
of innocence is fading like an old dream