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Can I play with madness -  Iron Maiden

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Can I play with madness

Opname : 1987/1988

Uitgebracht : 20 maart 1988

AlbumSevents son of a seventh son

Schrijvers.: Adrian SmithBruce Dickinson,Steve Harris

Componist :  Iron Maiden

B- Kant :  ""Black Bart Blues", "Massacre"​

Record Label : EMI

Lengte song :  3.31

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Muzikanten :

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  • Bruce Dickinson - lead vocals

  • Dave Murray - guitar

  • Adrian Smith - guitar, guitar synthesizer

  • Steve Harris - bass guitar

  • Nicko McBrain - drums

Succes van het nummer

NL charts :  hoogste ranking nummer 14

Top 2000 : Hoogste positie 208 ( 2015 )

UK charts :  nummer 3

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Songtekst

Can I play with madness?

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Give me the sense to wonder
To wonder if I'm free
Give me a sense of wonder
To know I can be me
Give me the strength to hold my head up
Spit back in their face
Don't need no key to unlock this door
Gonna break down the walls
Break out of this bad place

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Can I play with madness?
The prophet stared at his crystal ball
Can I play with madness?
There's no vision there at all
Can I play with madness?
The prophet looked at me and laughed at me (ha ha) He said:
Can I play with madness?
He said you're blind, too blind to see

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Ohhh said that you're too blind to see

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I screamed aloud to the old man
I said don't lie, don't say you don't know
I say you'll pay for this mischief
Oh in this world or the next
Oh and then he fixed me with a freezing glance
And the hell fires raged in his eyes
He said you wanna know the truth son?
Lord, I'll tell you the truth
Your soul's gonna burn in a lake of fire

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Can I play with madness?
The prophet stared at his crystal ball
Can I play with madness?
There's no vision there at all
Can I play with madness?
The prophet looked at me and laughed at me (ha ha) He said:
Can I play with madness?
He said you're blind, too blind to see

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Listen to me, said the prophet

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Can I play with madness?
The prophet stared at his crystal ball
Can I play with madness?
There's no vision there at all
Can I play with madness?
The prophet looked at me and laughed at me (ha ha) He said:
Can I play with madness?
He said you're blind, too blind to see

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Can I play with madness?

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