Accept : Best Ballads (Compilation)

Heavy Metal / Germany
(1996 - GUN Records)
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1. FAST AS A SHARK

Fog in the streets
A church clock beats
Midnight - darkness all around

You better beware
You better take care
Be prepared for the shock

The time has come
And he's the one
Who's breathing down your neck

Coming from behind
Now it's your time
A loser will die

Fast as a shark he'll cut out of the dark
He's a killer - he'll rip out your heart
On a one way track and you're not coming back
'cause the killer's on the attack

Surprise attack
Coming from the back
An expert of the deadly knack

Just take care
Just beware
Be prepared for the fight

Fast as a shark he'll cut out of the dark
He's a killer - he'll rip out your heart
On a one way track and you're not coming back
'cause the killer's on the attack

Watch out - watch out

Fast as a shark he'll cut out of the dark
He's a killer - he'll rip out your heart
On a one way track and you're not coming back
'cause the killer's on the attack

Fast as a shark he'll cut out of the dark
He's a killer - he'll rip out your heart
On a one way track and you're not coming back
'cause the killer's
'cause the killer's
'cause the killer's on the attack


2. BALLS TO THE WALL

Too many slaves in this world
One by torture and pain
Too many people do not see
They're killing themselves - going insane
Too many people do not know
Bondage in over the human race
They believe slaves always lose
And this fear keeps them down
Watch the damned (God bless ya)
They're gonna break their chains
You can't stop them (God bless ya)
They're coming to get you and then
You'll get your balls to the wall, man
Balls to the wall
You'll get your balls to the wall, man
Balls to the wall - balls to the wall
You may screw their brains
You may sacrifice them, too
You may mortify their flesh
You may rape them all
One day the tortured stand up
And revolt against the evil
They make you drink you blood
And tear yourself to pieces
You better watch the damned (God bless ya)
They're gonna break their chains
You can't stop them (God bless ya)
They're coming to get you and then
You'll get your balls to the wall, man
Balls to the wall
You'll get your balls to the wall, man
Balls to the wall - balls to the wall
Come on man, let's stand up all over the world
Let's plug a bomb in everyone's arse
If they don't keep us alive - we're gonna fight for the right
Build a wall with the bodies of the dead - and you're saved
Make the world scared - come on, show me the sign of victory
Sign of victory - sign of victory
You better watch the damned (God bless ya)
They're gonna break their chains
You can't stop them (God bless ya)
They're coming to get you and then
You'll get your balls to the wall, man
Balls to the wall
You'll get your balls to the wall, man
Balls to the wall


3. LONDON LEATHERBOYS

Walking down the main street
I see the city's face
Boys dressed in leather
Girls dressed in lace
See the easy riders
They're roaring down their way
They need to give full speed ahead
They've been bunched together
To keep their crazy life
They turn on the power
Get wrecked every night
Got some kind of feeling
Looking in his eyes
I feel the power surge to a head
London leatherboys
Nightmare's pleasure, what you've done
London leatherboys all together
All together - nightmare's pleasure
After all the roaring
The sound of silence scares
Girl of the leader
Cried in his arms
Don't you see the danger
When we are running wild
Please stop the games, it's getting late
London leatherboys
Nightmare's pleasure, what you've done
London leatherboys all together
Swearing that he would do - he could not evil say
Boy dressed in leather - boy died in pain
They're the easy riders - but heroes die too fast
He was more than the best of the bunch
Best together
Lousy leather
Say what's better
All together
London leatherboys


4. METAL HEART

It is 1999
The human race has to face it
They are confronted with the truth
It's secret -- mysterious

A surgeon said it in the news
The human race is dying
But the result is no disease
Searching for you

Metal heart -- metal heart
They found it everywhere
Metal heart -- metal heart
Lifeless piece of steel

The scaring fact was even told
Total confusion
They found the same nightmare
Heartbeats -- timebombs

Metal heart -- metal heart
Unplugged they're dying
Metal heart -- metal heart
Unplugged they die

Metal heart -- metal heart
They found it everywhere
Metal heart -- metal heart
Lifeless piece of steel

Metal heart -- metal heart -- metal heart
Unplugged they're dying
Metal heart -- metal heart


5. RESTLESS AND WILD

They're running wild
They're on a down hill ride
Like a rebel they look for more
Too young to die

Now you know your dreams are useless
And there 're lies You'll never tell

'cause you're so
Restless - restless and wild
Restless - restless and wild
Restless - restless and wild
Restless - restless and wild

Star born lovers
Angels in the night on a highway
They don't look back
Everybody's lost the way - yeah

The little girl wants to be an actress
Young boys are easy riders

They live so
Restless - restless and wild
Restless - restless and wild
Restless - restless and wild
Restless - restless and wild

Stay down - time will roll on
How do you feel when the night is gone
Stay down - time will come 'round
You are the man made for highway life
For the highway life

City lights moving on
No tomorrows - no destinations
Like a wheel turning on and on
You're a man born to run

Every world that you have seen was senseless
Keep moving on there's no other way

Cause you're so

Restless - restless and wild
Restless - restless and wild
Restless - restless and wild
Restless - restless and wild


6. RUSSIAN ROULETTE

I know you raped me
And rocked my soul and life
You screwed my brain
And offered me a line

You set my heart on fire
To make me stick like glue
You know I'm coming
Down to the point of fear

You make me eat myself
In scream in pain in vain
To lose the last bit of identity
And forget humanity

That's what you like to do
To treat a man like a pig
And when I'm dead and gone
It's an award I've won

Do you think that pays
Pays for my life
Which I give now when I die

Wargames - killed in action
Wargames - for satisfaction
Shanghai'd - killed in action
Wargames

For you it's so easy
To erase my name
You might have a celebration
For the ones who died

Charity in general
Is tax-deductible as well
Ain't that exciting
Hahaha, when everything's alright

Do you think that pays
Pays for my life - hey hey
Which I give now when I die

Wargames - killed in action
Wargames - for satisfaction
Shanghai'd - killed in action
Wargames

What a lie to say I'm immortal
What a lie to sell me your fame
Where is God when I'm buried
Does he stop this bloody game

What a lie to say I'm immortal
What a lie to sell me your fame
Where is God when I'm buried
Does he stop this bloody game

Wargames - killed in action - wargames

Wargames - killed in action
Wargames - for satisfaction
Shanghai'd - killed in action
Wargames - aaah
Wargames - killed in action
Wargames - for satisfaction
Shanghai'd - killed in action
Wargames


7. LOSERS AND WINNERS

You told me that you like her
But she doesn't wanna know
You tried so much to take her
But there's no way to go

I know that kind of feeling
Knocking on someone's door
I know the endless crying
When you don't know what you're living for

Write a letter (what's the matter)
You'll feel better (write a letter)
You'll feel better when it's done

There is one way to show
What you feel for the girl
Write her a lovely letter
Tell her what you're looking for

Don't think it's old fashion
To take one's heart (when it's true)
You gotta take it as a man
When you can't win her in this game

Write a letter (what's the matter)
You'll feel better (write a letter)
You'll feel better when it's done

There are losers and winners
Just like you and me
Losers and winners - just like you and me

You should give me the letter
I'll use it for my own (ha ha)
Maybe she wants to take me
Before she stays alone

Could be my destination
To pick up broken heart
Why don't you take it easy
And screw the girl who's next to you

Write a letter (what's the matter)
You'll feel better (write a letter)
You'll feel better when it's done

There are losers and winners
Just like you and me
Losers and winners
Just like you and me

Losers and winners


8. SHAKE YOUR HEAD

See the world around you
Deep, dark and grey
Grieving heartbreaks all your life
Seems to be the way

Wars of aggression
Mankind's favourite game
A press on the button
A world in flames

Every night and every day
Frustrations in your heart
Like a one way ticket
No return - you're torn apart

Shake your heads 'till your necks are breaking
Shake your heads - cry out as loud as you can
Shake your heads 'till your brains are burning
Shake Your heads - cry out as loud as you can

Play the easy rider - ride fast and free ridin
The cost of living don't mean much to me

Your life is a replay
So forget the games you loose
We've got a message
That was made for you

Some say yes and some say no
Understanding is the deal
Come hear the music
It's a brand new feel

Shake your heads 'till your necks are breaking
Shake your heads - cry out as loud as you can
Shake your heads 'till your brains are burning
Shake your heads - cry out as loud as you can

Shake your heads 'till your necks are breaking
Shake your heads - cry out as loud as you can
Shake your heads 'till your brains are burning
Shake your heads - cry out as loud as you can

Shake Your heads, ...


9. BREAKER

Rollin' just like thunder,
tryin' to get you down
Mistreatin' ev'rythin',
if you were king he'd take your crown
If you were adead man
he'd take ya from your grave
He will not mourn for you or me

Happines he cannot feel
and love to him is so unreal
He burns like hell, he wants you dead,
alltogether hate's all he feel
Movin' like a spider' killin' off a fly
No hands, just fists, no heart, just rocks

Icicle brains
Bicycle chains

Rulin' like a tyrant,
teasin' ev'ryone around
He drags his legs, he plants his feet,
he's botherin' the ground
Here and now this man
you see plans his terror free
He's born to rule, a king to be

Icicle brains
Bicycle chains

He's a breaker
He will take ya
Destroyin' all around you
He's a breaker
He's a taker
He'd kill, maim, destroy to the end

Movin' like a spider,
preyin' on the rest
Rulin' like a tyrant,
tyrannosaurus rex
You could be a dead man,
and you won't know why
No hands, just fists,
no heart, just rocks

Icicle brains
Bicycle chains

He's a breaker
He will take ya
Destroyin' all around you
He's a breaker
He's a taker
He'd kill, maim, destroy to the end


10. PRINCESS OF THE DAWN

There's rain on the mountain
A white frost on the moors
It's an epoch of eternity
Waters touch the holy shore

It's a land of mystery
The world of unseen eyes
You can feel the shadow of a princess
She waits for you inside

The guardians of God play the pawns
Beg for mercy - hail the queen
Princess of the Dawn

In the war of the dragons
Young blood ran it's course
They fell to his blade
The knight Iron Horse

A forgotten priest
Disappearing in the haze
A chamber of vestal virgins
Twilight is her slave

The Wizard of Oz moved the pawns
Life for satan - dust to dust
Princess of the Dawn

On the day of the testament
The seventh moon was raging fire
Heaven cried for the sacrifice
The midnight sun was rising higher

The Beauty and the Beast
Lies in her royal crypt
Her kiss is bitter sweet
Death upon her lips

The Holy Grail held the pawns
Kings and bishops bow to grace
Princess of the Dawn

The guardians of God play the pawns
Beg for mercy - hail the queen
Princess of the Dawn

A new day dawns for heaven and earth
A first sunbeam is killing the night
Once upon a time for ever more
The gloom with the spirit of that Lady in White

Princess - Princess - Princess of the Dawn
Princess - Princess - Princess of the Dawn
Princess - Princess - Princess of the Dawn
Princess - Princess - Princess of the Dawn


11. SCREAMING FOR A LOVE BITE

Screaming for a love-bite
And you hide it, that it makes you feel alright
See your secret in a mirror
It's black'n'blue and it happened to you
In the heat of the night

It hurts just the first time
Ooh, it hurts
It hurts just the very first time

Screaming for a love-bite
For a love-bite
Hiding that it feels right
Screaming for a love-bite

Grinding makes so uptight
And you gotta face it, 'cause it decorates your neck
It's gonna stay there
Stay there for a long time
Just to remind you while you like it
When you went on and on

It hurts just the first time
Ooh, it hurts
It hurts just the very first time

Screaming for a love-bite
For a love-bite
Hiding that it feels right
Screaming for a love-bite
Screaming for a love-bite ...


12. MONSTERMAN

Screaming just for mercy
I am no monster man
Knowing makes you guilty
Not free of any faults

I see a hot, hot fighting
On controversial sides
They call me mercy killer
'cause I did it right

For love I gave your fading life
For love I had to give you up

I am no monster man - mercy or crime
Dead or alive, dead or alive
I am no monster man - mercy or crime

Facing all the trouble
I still remember our nights
And we're swearing both to free us
When life is only pain

For love I had to give you up

I am no monster man - mercy or crime
Dead or alive, dead or alive
I am no monster man - mercy or crime

Monster man

I am no monster man - mercy or crime
Dead or alive, dead or alive
I am no monster man - mercy or crime
Dead or alive, dead or alive

I am no monster man....


13. MIDNIGHT MOVER

Hey you -- come on
I show you something
There is what it takes for you
Mmh, you better follow me

Go -- gonna ease your pain
Ooh, you will remember me
That's it what they used to say
Seducing everybody for the money

Slow down -- back off
Tell him you don't pay the price

He is a midnight mover
Coming in the night -- going with the light
He is a midnight mover
He can't go on in the sunlight

You better use your brain
Ooh, you are forever free
That's it, there's no place to stay
For someone who is losing, it's not funny

Slow down -- back off
Tell him you don't pay the price

He is a midnight mover
Coming in the night -- going with the light
He is a midnight mover
Midnight mover -- midnight mover

He is a midnight mover
Coming in the night -- going with the light
He is a midnight mover
He can't go on in the sunlight

He is a midnight mover
Coming in the night -- going with the light
He is a midnight mover
He can't go on in the sunlight


14. DOGS ON LEADS

He stares at her, his teeth are bare
Blood gets hot, he wants it now,
He wants it rare, but something's there
That holds him back from the attack

Before the kill he feels the thrill
Something is there, that cools him off
And it seems some kind of tough
What a force on leads

They wait for you, they're getting big
But they can hide, their lust is huge
Some are nice, and some are false
And all they want is that you believe

That they are just like you and me
They're talking sweet, they're acting calm
They are so smooth, they're so nice
But if they could they would bite

Dogs on leads -- dogs on leads
Dogs on leads -- dogs on leads
Oh, it's so mean

No one knows that they're outrageous
As long as they are treated gracious
Once cut off they're getting wild
But someone's there, who leads the lead

And they can walk in a line
And they dance on a rein
Something's there that cools them off
But it seems some kind, some kind of tough

They're all
Dogs on leads -- dogs on leads
Dogs on leads -- dogs on leads
Dogs on leads

And the sweetest of the sweetest
Is a hunter held on leads
They're the nicest -- they're the calmest
No one knows it -- who's the beast

Don't you turn 'rough, it's too dangerous
So you better catch the lead
If they're hungry, they might hurry
And you better feed the need

Dogs on leads -- dogs on leads
Dogs on leads -- dogs on leads

Oh yeah!

Dogs on leads -- dogs on leads
Dogs on leads

Dogs -- dogs on leads


15. NEON NIGHTS

When the day is done
The night rolls in
Lonely lovers come alive

Like a heartbeat
In a world of sin
Cruising around hungry eyes

Like a midnight train
Going nowhere
Fading dreams of the city

Penthouse beds
Sweet love affairs
Crimes of passion for the pretty

Man in blue on his beat
Unseen faces in the streets

Neon nights - neon nights - endless flame
Neon nights - neon nights - never change
Neon nights - neon nights - endless flame
Neon nights - neon nights

Red eye whisky
And lady luck
Have always been good friends

Their love is pain
The same old stuff
Always alone in the end

Could they be me and you
Watching how the nights move

Neon nights - neon nights - endless flame
Neon nights - neon nights - never change
Neon nights - neon nights - endless flame
Neon nights - neon nights

Neon nights - neon nights - endless flame
Neon nights - neon nights - never change
Neon nights - neon nights - endless flame
Neon nights - neon nights

Neon nights, ...


16. TV WAR

T.V. war is part of life
Entertaining and far, far away
What a story and how they fight
Let's gamble and guess who will win

Danger is nowhere
We still got the chance to switch off
Remote control and the guarantee
It's somewhere else

T.V. war - T.V. war
Bloodless but deadly and cruel
T.V. war - T.V. war

We are eating, while we're watching
People die on the screen
Toasted and roasted and scrambled and fried
We are greedy and pay

Information - in between
Missiles are in the air
You can hear them and see
They're already here

T.V. war - T.V. war
Bloodless but deadly and cruel
T.V. war - T.V. war

Oh, yeah !

According to informed sources
Of the defence ministry:
There is now confirmation
That enemy missiles have penetrated our airspace
Impact is estimated in a matter of minutes
Good evening !

T.V. war - T.V. war
Bloodless but deadly and cruel
T.V. war - T.V. war
Bloodless but deadly and cruel
T.V. war - T.V. war


17. ANOTHER SECOND TO BE

I hold a magazine in my hand
Facing the cover - it's me
They write about my coming end
No more than twelve months for me

Tainted and fainted and lonely I picture my life
Blameless and shameless I'm leaving in awful disgrace

Another second to be
Not another second to be

All the things I just have done
Passing my mind hundred times
All the tears I have cried, all the lies I have lied
All in hope for a better life

Tainted and fainted and lonely I picture my life
Blameless and shameless I'm leaving in awful disgrace

Another second to be
Not another second to be

Not another second to be
Lonely I picture my life - no second to be
Time's running out and there's just no second to be
I'm leaving in awful disgrace - no second to be
There's not another second to be


18. THE KING

Commiting crimes each day
But time has changed where he was proud
It's a far away

He took living easy, his bad reputation
Oh it was known all around
But he didn't care no, he made dirty money
Now he is down and out

Thought he knew the tricks of life
Prowling in the dark
Now he's left by all his friends
'Cause he lived apart, of them
He was a leader, malicious and violent
His fame is covered with blood
Now he's just a number, he lost all his power
The king has lost his face

Down down down, though the king lost his crown
Caught and sentenced, he was guilty
Down down down, though the king lost his crown
It's too late - far too high
Late far too high


19. BURNING

I hear a rock'n'roll guitar,
Screamin' wild on the radio
Well, i know what i like,
Know and it's right
Gotta take me through the night

The sound is comin' out,
It's breakin' down the doors
Like an earthquake
Explodin' your brains,
Do it again, power is a natural right

I say, hey rock'n'roller,
Power in your hands
You and your music,
Make me rockin' mad

You gotta hear it for a while,
It bowls you over, like dreamin'
Oh, hell what a night,
Keep a rockin' on night
Hey, boy can't you see the light

I say, hey rock'n'roller,
Power in your hands
You and your music,
Make me rockin' mad

Burning, burning, burning just like fire
Burning, burning, burning just like fire
Burning, burning, burning just like fire
Burning, burning, burning just like fire

I say, hey rock'n'roller,
Power in your hands
You and your music,
Make me rockin' mad

Burning, burning, burning just like fire
Burning, burning, a rock'n'roll desire
Burning, burning, burning just like fire
Burning, burning, a rock'n'roll desire

Burning, burning, burning just like fire
Burning, burning, burning just like fire

I say, hey rock'n'roller,
Power in your hands
Hey, rock'n'roller,
Right on rockin' man

Burning, burning, burning just like fire
Burning, burning, burning just like fire
Burning, burning, burning just like fire
Burning, burning, burning just like fire

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