Wasted Years / Stranger in a Strange Land Lyrics & Tracklist by Iron Maiden

From the coast of gold, across the seven seas I’m traveling on, far and wide But now it seems, I’m just a stranger to myself And all the things I sometimes do, it isn’t me but someone else I close my eyes and think of home Another city goes by in the night, ain’t it funny how it is You never miss it ‘til it’s gone away And my heart is lying there and will be til’ my dying day So understand don’t waste your time Always searching for those wasted years Face up, make your stand And realize you’re living in the golden years Too much time on my hands, I got you on my mind Can’t ease this pain, so easily, when you can’t find the words to say It’s hard to make it through another day And it makes me wanna cry and throw my hands up to the sky So understand don’t waste your time Always searching for those wasted years Face up, make your stand And realize you’re living in the golden years So understand don’t waste your time Always searching for those wasted years Face up, make your stand And realize you’re living in the golden years So understand don’t waste your time Always searching for those wasted years Face up, make this stand And realize you’re living in the golden years

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 24, 2025

It's over your head And you don't seem to understand One word I say And you can't live your life Trying to run away You're fighting your friends everyone But it never ends You're wearing me out Come on Reach out (Reach out) And let someone into your life Don't get me wrong You always apologise It's just your way Of making a scene You need to be loved It's not such a crime Come on Reach out (Reach out) And let someone into your life Come on Reach out (Reach out) And let someone into your life Over your head You just don't seem to understand One word I say And you can't live your life You got so much love It's burning inside Come on Reach out (Reach out) And let someone into your life Come on Reach out (Reach out) And let someone into your life Reach out (Reach out) And let someone into your life

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Mar 25, 2026

We’re on a mission from Rod!*Burps* ("Don't think it's quite bloody funny at all! Don't know why you're laughing about!") Life in the city living in L.A Is a long way from Huddersfield town The back of the Rainbow's a long way from heaven But that's where he get's his pork pie Limos and ladies they're driving him cwazy Wugby and cwicket's unknown Baseball and football they're making him lazy Your fan club says "Wodney come home" The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle Look down on-a Hollywood Hills The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle You're our own Hot Rod on wheels ("No, I'm not!") A good game of arrows, a few dozen barrels The Nautilus rusts in the yard (*Grunts*) For Yorkshire he's yearning but because he's earning He'll always live in L.A (*Grunts*) A custom made wallet that stays in his pocket And never comes out to pay bills (*Grunts*) He's winning at poker and playing the Joker And he always cheats when he deals ("I don't! No!") The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle Looks down on the Hollywood Hills Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle You're our own Hot Rod on wheels "Hello, let me introduce meself! My name's Rodney. I'm immensely strong When I were a lad, I could lift up five Navvies on an end of a shivel The reason I never took up martial arts is because I was immensely fearsome and I'd probably kill everybody That I came into contact with I was phenomenally strong Pride and ego, my lads, pride and ego Is what makes the world rotate And everybody knows the centre of the universe is Huddersfield That's why I don't live there anymore I live in Los Angeles It's great!... I think" Rufus the red has a crane by his bed To wrench himself up in the morn' But if you dare to tread at the foot of his bed You'll wish you'd never been born ("Bloody well right!") A bear with a sore head - we don't mean your forehead He slumbers for most of the day ("Bloody watch it!") Wide eyed and legless, baked beans for breakfast (*Fart*) Your problem Rodney's L.A ("No it isn't!") The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle Looks down on-a Hollywood Hills The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle You're our own Hot Rod on wheels The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle Looks down on-a Hollywood Hills The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle You're our own Hot Rod on wheels "No I don't know what you're making such a fuss about! I don't... I'm not... I'm not in it for the money! I like it here, the sun shines all night!" *Throwing up sounds* *fart* *mumbling*

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Mar 25, 2026

Was many years ago that I left home and came this way I was a young man, full of hopes and dreams But now it seems to me that all is lost and nothing gained Sometimes things ain't what they seem No brave new world, no brave new world No brave new world, no brave new world Night and day I scan the horizon, sea and sky My spirit wanders endlessly Until the day will dawn and friends from home discover why Hear me calling, rescue me Set me free, set me free Lost in this place, and leave no trace Stranger in a strange land Land of ice and snow Trapped inside this prison Lost and far from home One hundred years have gone and men again they came that way To find the answer to the mystery They found his body lying where it fell on that day Preserved in time for all to see No brave new world, no brave new world Lost in this place, to leave no trace What became of the men that started All are gone and their souls departed Left me here in this place So all alone Stranger in a stranger in a strange land Land of ice and snow Trapped inside this prison Lost and far from home

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 24, 2025

The words she said turned out right Desperation fills her eyes Hold her in your arms Don't let go When you taste defeat, when you lose again Fight till you win, never give in Hold her in your arms Don't let go That girl you need Gonna knock you off your feet That girl, you know She'll never let you go That girl, that girl That girl you need That girl, that girl That girl Can you hear her call, she'll call out your name Think about ya, cry without ya Hold her in your arms Don't let go Can you taste defeat when you lose again? Fight and win, never give in Hold her in your arms Don't let go That girl you need Gonna knock you off your feet That girl, you know She'll never let you go That girl, that girl That girl you need That girl, that girl That girl, that girl That girl, that girl That girl you need That girl, that girl That girl you need That girl, that girl That girl you need That girl, that girl That girl, that girl you need

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Mar 25, 2026

Yeah, cost me a bundle Trying to track you down, it's true Yeah and it's the truth I'm looking from town to town for you You know you never offered much security Do you know I'm gonna get you back? You just wait and see I'm never goin' back Juanita I know you never got my call I'm never goin' back Juanita Never at all Yeah, spending a long time Trying to work it out for true Yeah, it's such a small crime Thirsting over you Living in a Chelsea flat Seems so lonely now I don't know, gotta get you back I just don't know how I'm never goin' back, Juanita I know you didn't get my call I'm never goin' back, Juanita Never at all, yeah I'm never goin' back, Juanita, yeah I'm never goin' back, Juanita Never goin' back, Juanita Never at all Never, never at all Never, never at all Yeah, just got to tell you I'm gonna leave it up to you Yeah-yeah, what more can I say? What more can-can I do? Living in a Chelsea flat Seems so lonely now I just know I gotta get you back I just don't know how I'm never goin' down on Juanita, heheh Never gonna make that call Never goin' down on Juanita Never at all, yeah, alright I'm never goin' down on Juanita, dig it Never gonna make that call I'm never goin' down on Juanita Two fingers at all, yeah, heeheheh I'm never goin' back, Juanita I'm never goin' down on you, Juanita Never goin' back, Juanita I'm never goin' back, Juanita Never goin' back, Juanita Never at all, all

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Mar 25, 2026

(drumming and singing in the background)... Oh..Oh! You cheeky! You slimeball! What did you do that for, you rotten terror Dave? You f'king put my own voice and verbals in the... you know, they've heard me trying to sing this f'king song now. Well how ya doing out there, you lot? Eh? Welcome yet again to Nicko's "not alot of people know that, or knew that, or still don't... I don't know, whatever it is now days... number six." You are absolutely devastatingly spoiled, the lot of ya. You're out there in your greasy sweaty debauched horrible stinking little palms and fingers and all those horrible little bits and pieces that go on your hands... Are now the proudest of possibly the most amazed Iron Maiden fans to own 2 Minutes To Midnight, Rainbow's Gold, Mission From 'Arry... hoho! We shall talk about that later... And as you heard, that rotten Dave there will be tiddling the knobs in the control room, decided to wack the microphone on... Aces High, King Of Twilight, Number Of The Beast live! Oh you gosh, you've got such a package there! How can you still be sane, after this? I mean, goodness gracious, listen to me, I've been playing it for six years! Hahahaa! Anyway, no! Oh gosh, (sings) two minutes to midnight.... cha! Released the 6th of August 1984. My third single with the band. I guess that must make the band's eleventh or tenth single, whenever. Don't write in and say, "Nick I've got it wrong." or else I'll... (hits the microphone)... give you some of that! And, it got to number 11 in the charts and this great British... oh by the way, earlier on I was thinking of trying to think... you know we had the Bleeding Bojack Company, which we all know who that is by now, right? Now there was another company that I sort of mentioned prior to this little speech I'm giving to you now, and I won't actually tell you who it was, but the kind of... the... the abbreviation of this I suppose you'll get it from, but I though we could call them the Mighty Tight Veg, what do you think? I mean, they haven't got any clue, have they? You know, I mean, nevertheless! Hahaha! Now then, we all know who they are, cause they've wimped out. Nevertheless, we still got to number 11 in the great British charts thanks to you guys again, and girls, and all them little guyettes and guygirls and znznzn... all them people sort of whatever out there... First released single off the Powerslave album, and yet again this album was recorded in the Bahamas. Yes sir, mmmm hmmm! Now, as we all know, 2 Minutes To Midnight, great song, good video... the first story format that the band had ever put out on a video rather than just sort of crazy stuff and... and... the norm, you know. Hehehe. Rainbow's Gold was a song written by some friends of the band's, a guy called Terry Sles... Slesser, sorry Terry I didn't mean to get it wrong... Terry Slesser and a guy called Kenny Mountain who ah... in a band called Beckett together, I do believe. I might have go that wrong... so f'king hell what if I have! You gonna do something about it? Huh huh? Come over here! Anyway, now then, on the butt end of this here single was a track called Mission From 'Arry. See? Now, those of you out there, still to this day some of you think that this was a coreographed piece of entertainment for all you guys and girls. Well I can tell you it f'king well was not. It was in fact the, if only, the very f... only argument I've ever had with Steve Harris. We were onstage in Allantown Pennsylvania one evening... this was on the Piece Of Mind tour... when... although it was released on the back of a Powerslave single, it was actually recorded on the Piece Of Mind tour. And, I was doing a drum solo... you know, new boy in the band, do a drum solo Nick... get on with it. So in this period of time, Steve would go off to the back of the gig and change his... if he had a dodgy bass string, or he... normally he would... but what happened on this night, he was changing the battery on his remote, or his... should I say his transmitter. So, he sent this guy around to tell Mike my drum tech to tell me to extend my drum solo, cause he weren't ready. But he didn't tell my drum tech, he told this guy who was sitting at the back of the gig who was one of the riggers, a guy called Paul who's no longer with the band, I wonder why? No, anyway, he said to him, "tell Nick to extend his drum solo." So I'm playing... (makes drum noises).... and all that shit, and I gets a tap on the back and this guy says "Ooy!" I go, "What!" "Ooy! Blahahaey!" I go "What!" He's going "Heyheyhey ehey!" and he's pointing to Steve. I'm going, "EH?" He's going, "ah ah heyheyhey!" I'm going, "WHAT!!!" He's going, "WAHEHAAHAHAYYY!" I said, "FUCK OFFFFFF!!!" Hahah... Jesus Christ, he made me FUCK!!! Oh! Anyway, what could I do? I stopped, I gone absolutely wally, so I've come off the gig anyway... and cut the... to make a long story even longer, I've come off the gig and I gone in the dressing room and I said, "That f'king geezer at the back of the gig! What the f'king hell does he think he's doing? There he is, he's giving me all these verbal signs and all this stuff right?" I said, "I couldn't understand him, he was about three feet behind me instead of coming up and shouting in my lughole." Harris said, "I sent him." I went, "You what?" He said, "I sent him." I said, "What the f'king hell you doing sending him around to give me messages?" He said, "Well, I... you know... play a bit more and you know, need a bit more time to change my bass thing-a-me-bob." And I said, "I f'king care about that, this geezer made me fuck!" He said, "Well look, you better go and appologize to him." And I said, "F'king right I am! I f'king appologizing to him, he made me fuck!" He said... hahaha! That's the argument. We argued about fifteen twenty minutes, and it all calmed down, and Bruce came in and he got a bloody cassette in his back pocket, and he said, "Oy Nick, what would happen if he tried to tell you the lighting truss was going to fall on your head?" And I said, "Don't you f'king well start!" And 'Arry said, "yeah, he's got a good point, doesn't he?" So we started the argument again and Bruce recorded it. And then at the end of this Mission From 'Arry you'll remember this... 'Arry says... he grabs the tape... just before he grabs it, he sees this tape in the pocket and he's going "some (beep)'s recording this!" Hahahaha! So he got the tape, and that's basically how that all happened. But anyway, after this extravaganza, we thought it was so funny we had to let you guys hear it. And that's the only serious argument I've ever had with Steve in my life... or my life. So, that just about gives me enough time in this little "not alot of people know that number six, part six, or whatever", to tell you just a tad about Aces High, which as you know has got King Of Twilight on it, and Number... NOB! of.. Number Of The Beast live. This song was released 22nd of... no it wasn't... heh! It was, it was released 22nd of October 1984. Chart position 20 that got to. Now, at the time we were rehearsing the Powerslave album, Steve was writing this single, I started to learn to fly airplanes in Jersey. And, I'd come home from the aerodrome, and I'd have the old... you know, twisting the old ends of the mustache, twiddling the old various bits and pieces... the hat and the goggles and the scarf... "Woah, tally-ho Biggles! You've bandits at six o'clock low, coming out of the sun, 12 o'clock high! Watch out, full power, bomb's away Biggles!" You know, all that good stuff. And I think it sort of slightly influenced Steve to write this song, you know, about those 2nd World War spitfire pilots and those guys. Hey, shhh... just between you and me, Steve... he doesn't like to fly. He hates it, he think's I'm an absolute nut case! But, you don't tell him I told you, will you, because he'd be very upset. Anyway, Aces High, King Of Twilight.... great! What a package this one is for you! I wish I had more time to explain some more of the stories on 2 Minutes and things like that, around that time. But I really do have to go now, I'm running out of time. Oh yes, just a little joke for you before I leave. Have you heard the one about the two queers? The were fighting over a manhole! Hahahahah! See ya, I'm off! Bye!

Submitted by BloodShrine — May 09, 2026

Wasted Years / Stranger in a Strange Land

1 - Wasted Years

2 - Reach Out

3 - Sheriff of Huddersfield

4 - Stranger in a Strange Land

5 - That Girl

6 - Juanita

7 - Listen With Nicko! Part VIII