Raw Deal

Album: Sin After Sin (1977)
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  • I made a spike about nine o'clock on a Saturday
    All eyes hit me as I walked into the bar
    And see the other guys were fooling in the denim dudes
    A couple cops playing rough stuff, New York, Fire Island
    I cased the joint, straining at the seams

    I moseyed up to the counter and the tender came a-grinnin'
    I snapped the smile off his face and snarled "Give me a bourbon"
    The mirror on the wall was collecting and reflecting
    All the heavy bodies ducking, stealing eager for some action
    The scene screwed me up, I saw some contact
    Then the big boys, saw me and knew that

    I'd had too much, floating around
    Statues alive, seconds are hours

    Sex like a hurricane, wrapped in and shattered
    I was barely holding on to this flying body symphony
    I guess I dream in pictures, not in colors
    The true free expression I demand is human rights, right?

    I gave my life, I am immortal

    Love knoweth no laws
    Love knoweth no laws
    Love knoweth no laws
    Love knoweth no laws

    Nightmare, just a bunch of goddamn, rotten, steaming, raw
    Deal Writer/s: Glenn Raymond Tipton, Rob Halford
    Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing, REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Dan Gillespy from Courtenay BcA very very good song with very super cool guitar leads and guitar riffs.
  • Anthony from Parsippany, NjGood job, Kev82, I agree. While this song is about gayness to the nth power, that never bothered me. This song is a killer and Rob is still one of the greatest singers in history.
  • Kevin from Frederick, MdI don't really care about any "Homosexual Incantations", this song is about attitude, period. At least this is the meaning for me...Halford rules always will, always has!!!!!
    -Kevin82
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