Dead Man’s Hand

By Motörhead

On 1916

Released on February 26, 1996

Thumbnail

Standing in the ruins with a stone cold heart

Lost in the wasted land

Prison'd all alone in my cage of bone

Castles made of sand

Cry me a river, scream out loud

Burned and screaming in the endless crowd


[Chorus:]

Hey, hey, hey, waiting for the marching band

Hey, hey, be the devil to pay

Can't beat the devil with a dead man's hand

Standing at the station, looking down the track

Waiting for the thunder chief

Black clouds fly in the blood red sky

Broken on the reef

Terminal station, gone dead train

Turn my face to the poison rain


[Chorus]

Waiting at the border with a pirate flag

See the sky turn black

Cold dead moon like a junkie spoon

Vultures at my back

Dust and ashes, blood red sun

Beast is loose and the race is run


[Chorus]