run to the hills

i was sucked into the vortex of one of those "list" shows again, but this time it ended happily. vh1 classic's greatest metal songs with a bunch of metalheads providing irrelevant and inane commentary. although i would dispute chris jericho as a music authority but he is a fine, fine wrestler and most definitely someone i would put on my PEOPLE I'D LIKE TO PUT IN MY POCKET list. anyhow, the reputable host, one sebastian bach (another contender for my pocket) intro'd iron maiden's "run to the hills". the memories came flooding back. i'm not much into metal but i have to say "run to the hills" ranks real high on my not-for-public list of dynamite songs.

i hadn't thought about this song in a long long time. but a couple months ago i heard this girl peel out on it at a heavy metal/punk karaoke night. my jaw dropped as did everyone else's, which can be accounted for by the fact that she had some killer vocals as well as the fact that she jennifer beale'd her bra off whilst singing.

maybe you don't know "run to the hills". shame on you. go buy it from itunes or whatever you kids do these days. steal it from your older brother for all i care. just get yourself informed. i've pasted the lyrics below.

in iron maiden fashion, i will be running to the (proverbial) hills this weekend so don't expect to hear from me, puppies.


Run to the hills
(harris)

White man came across the sea
He brought us pain and misery
He killed our tribes, he killed our creed
He took our game for his own need

We fought him hard we fought him well
Out on the plains we gave him hell
But many came too much for cree
Oh will we ever be set free?

Riding through dustclouds and barren wastes
Galloping hard on the plains
Chasing the redskins back to their holes
Fighting them at their own game
Murder for freedom a stab in the back
Women and children and cowards attack

Run to the hills run for your lives
Run to the hills run for your lives

Soldier blue on the barren wastes
Hunting and killing their game
Raping the women and wasting the men
The only good indians are tame
Selling them whisky and taking their gold
Enslaving the young and destroying the old

Run to the hills run for your lives
(repeat to end)