The Clairvoyant

Album: Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
Charted: 6
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  • According to bassist Steve Harris, this song was inspired by the death of the psychic Doris Stokes. Harris said, "If she really were clairvoyant, if she were really able to see the future, wouldn't she have been able to for see her own death?" The song was the first one written for the album. >>
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    Cody - Kansas City, MO

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