Iron John - Alphaville

If you open up the cage

You will hurt yourself

The king said it’s forbidden

Or you will get hell

But the prisoner lets you know

Where to find the key

Under her satin pillow

Yes, there it has to be

Modesty is fine but it doesn’t get you very far

When you make your decision

Don’t be afraid of the dark

Longing for the golden ball

That it will be yours for keeps

Be sure about it as you saw

So shall you reap

Let’s take a ride on Iron John’s shoulders

He has more gold than anybody in this world

Let’s take a ride, hey-ho on Iron John

He has more gold

Than anybody in this world

Jump on the train to nowhere

From now on you are free

After rising from the ashes

You’ll become a mystery

Too many of those strange injections

Too many gazes at the sun

The lady smiled, «Well that’s the business:

Running after number one.»

For all their childish daydreams

You caught their falling stars

Just for the cheapest contracts

You signed your autograph

And if you started much too early, therefore

You stopped too late

Make sure no one can stop you now

Here comes the ultimate

Let’s take a ride on Iron John’s shoulders

He has more gold than anybody in this world

Let’s take a ride, hey-ho on Iron John

He has more gold

Than anybody in this world

He will be with you, he will be there when you call out the magic words.

Let’s take a ride on Iron John’s shoulders

He has more gold than anybody in this world

Let’s take a ride, hey-ho on Iron John

He has more gold

Than anybody in this world

Let’s take a ride on Iron John’s shoulders

He has more gold than anybody in this world

Let’s take a ride, hey-ho on Iron John

He has more gold

Than anybody in this world

Gold/nielson/1994