Steeler - Strike Back (1986)++ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Peter Burtz - Lead Vocals Axel Rudi Pell - Guitars Tom Eder - Guitars Herve Rossi - Bass Jan Yildiral - Drums Produced by Frank Bornemann. Mixed by Tommy Hansen. Engineered by Jan Nemec, Tommy Hansen and Frank Bornemann. Assistant Engineer: Fritz Hilpert. Recorded at Horus Sound Studio, Hannover, West Germany. Mastered at Studio Nord, Bremen, West Germany. Cover and Backcoverdesign by Julia M. Goode. Inner Sleeve and Logo Design by Twin Design. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Chain Gang (Burtz, Eder, Pell / Burtz) 3:27 2) Money Doesn't Count (Burtz, Eder, Pell / Burtz, Ric Browde for Piranna Brothers Productions) 4:43 3) Danger Comeback (Burtz, Eder, Pell / Burtz) 3:42 4) Icecold (Burtz, Eder, Pell / Burtz) 3:59 5) Messing Around With Fire (Burtz, Eder, Pell / Burtz) 4:06 6) Rockin' The City (Burtz, Eder, Pell / Burtz) 3:50 7) Strike Back (Burtz, Eder, Pell / Burtz) 3:58 8) Night After Night (Burtz, Eder, Pell / Burtz) 4:58 9) Waiting For The Star (Burtz, Eder, Pell / Burtz) 4:38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Chain Gang (Burtz, Eder, Pell / Burtz) 3:27 Anyway you slice it I've got to get out of this place No way out now, bash a steel face When I kick down the doors - all night long You're takin' part just in a play Break it up in my own way Chorus: Like a chain gang in a prison You're with 'em ... for too long In a chain gang You're with 'em ... for too long No way out, just a bloody trap I see Hundred tons of dynamite rocket me! When I blast down the walls - all night long You're takin' part just in a play Break it up in my own way Chorus A chain gang Chorus Far too long Too long You're in a chain gang - for too long ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Money Doesn't Count (Burtz, Eder, Pell / Burtz, Ric Browde for Piranna Brothers Productions) 4:43 Money ... doesn't count tonight Her stiletto heels ... got me mesmorized My blood begins to rise, I'm hypnotized, yeah Leaned the birds and the bees Right out on the streets Your looks gave me a tease Found myself needing you, needing you to be pleased Chorus 1: Going out on the town and we'll be out in the streets Get ourselves unwound Heading out for the town, the city never sleeps Turn it upside down, down Chorus 2: Money doesn't count tonight Lookin' for fun Ain't gonna sleep tonight Till the day is done, the day is done Because I come from a gutter Lived one day to another Oh, how can I break the ice Surrounding you, I'm longin' for paradise Chorus 1 & 2 Oh, come on hear them Bad screams in your head They show me the paradise Chorus 1 Money doesn't count tonight Lookin' for fun Ain't gonna sleep tonight Till the day is done Money doesn't count tonight Lookin' for fun Money, ain't gonna sleep tonight Till the day is done, done, done... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Danger Comeback (Burtz, Eder, Pell / Burtz) 3:42 Mikrochip faces controlling your fate Coldness ... all around Eyeballs are burning from endless TV Robots ... spinning us down Chorus 1: Wake up ... just to find that you've got a mechanical arm Wasn't there yesterday! Reach out ... to hold your chemistry Made baby in gas Chorus 2: Danger comeback (2) Power on/off Rely on ... machinery Danger comeback (2) System melt down ... for all eternity Colourful cables create atmosphere Hardware ... scenery Satellite teachers are sent far from here Shining ... down on earth on the screens Chorus 1 & 2 For all eternity Chorus 2 Danger comeback (2) System melt down for all eternity ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Icecold (Burtz, Eder, Pell / Burtz) 3:59 Cold as steel A look ... from her eyes So innocent ... she seems to be But she's devil in disguise, yeah Chorus 1: You don't want - to recognize That you're walkin' on a ... razor's edge Chorus 2: She takes all she wants Icecold Chorus 2 Lay your life in her hands She's so neat, yeah! And soon you're a slave It won't take long, boy She'll watch you bleed Chorus 1 & 2 Chorus 2 Oh yeah Chorus 1 & 2 Chorus 2 (3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Messing Around With Fire (Burtz, Eder, Pell / Burtz) 4:06 Riding a rocket, flashfire burns Can't understand it, will they never learn? Annihilation, dead or alive So trigger-happy, that's our last drive Chorus 1: Nevermore - napalm machines again Evermore - lifeless 'till the end Chorus 2: Messing around (around) with fire (around) You will have to learn If you're messing around (around) with fire (around) You gotta get yourself burned Enemy curses, aggressions - let go Can't understand it, fight of friend or foe? By blind emotion you can't return Head or collision 'cos we never learn Nevermore - napalm machines again Evermore - lifeless - until the end Chorus 2 If you're messing around Chorus 1 & 2 Chorus 2 Messing around (around) with fire (around) Annihilation, dead or alive If you're messing around (around) with fire (around) So trigger-happy, that's our last drive Messing around (around) with fire (around) Enemy curses If you're messing around (around) with fire (around) Agressions Messing around (around) with fire (around) Messing around with the fire, yeah If you're messing around (around) with fire (around) Messing around (around) with fire (around) (3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) Rockin' The City (Burtz, Eder, Pell / Burtz) 3:50 You're a beast undercover, but treated like a fool Don't give a damn for the others Cause you've got your own rules Chorus 1: A bit of rock - rock Makes you come out of your shell A bit of rock - rock Uuh, give 'em hell! Chorus 2: Rockin' the city Rock so hot Rockin' the city You're chokin' back the anger Waitin' for your time to come And when the daylight is fading Just like a starting gun Chorus 1 & 2 Oh yeah Chorus 1 & 2 Rockin' the city It's the day of the city Rockin' the city Yeah A bit of rock ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) Strike Back (Burtz, Eder, Pell / Burtz) 3:58 Living in frustration, on every occasion You are treated like a fool They make you look silly ... day by day Try to make them see who you want to be But they can't just understand And you realize ... that there's no way, no way Chorus 1: But on the Saturday night the chains of oppression fall down Riding the highway, know it is your way Rock them all to the ground Coming alive ... when the nighttime is calling Hit the streets, thunder rolling Chorus 2: Strike back Then you strike back, breaking the spell Strike back Uuh, you strike back, blasting the cell Back against the wall, you know you won't fall On your knees, no, not at all When you're in the pack you're ... not to tame You shall be a tool ... of the ones that rule An easy guided, aimless guy They all try to bent you ... but in vain, yeah Chorus 1 & 2 Chorus 1 & 2 Strike back Then you strike back Strike back Then you strike back, breaking the spell ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) Night After Night (Burtz, Eder, Pell / Burtz) 4:58 In the dead of the night when there's nothing inside Can't see for miles around Then it's time to move, nothing to lose Take this town! Thunder in disgiuse Danger ... in the air Rock the night away ... tonight When the lights go down you can hear the sound So scream out in the air Gotta fight the fight, gotta do it right Come show me ... you are there Chorus 1: Thunder in disgiuse And danger ... in the air Rock the night away ... tonight, tonight Chorus 2: Night after night, day after day Gotta let go, turn it up again Night after night, day after day On and on Hey hey hey! We can burn the ice, no more compromise A flame you can't blow out Such a roarin' force, a stampin' horse Get it now! Thunder in disgiuse Danger ... in the air C'mon, rock the night away ... tonight, tonight Chorus 2 Chorus 2 (2) On and on Oh yeah Hey hey hey! That's the thunder in disgiuse And danger, there's danger ... in the air ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9) Waiting For The Star (Burtz, Eder, Pell / Burtz) 4:38 Silently ... desperation destroying ... my mind Can't get it all ... anymore, anymore Alienation ... is my only way, yeah So cruel, so cruel Reality, or should I believe in something other? And I'm ... catchin' a light ... in the corner of my deceivin' eye Soarin' away from the dark It's just because ... I can't give up Chorus: Waiting for a star Hoping for another light Waiting for a star Takes me years ... all away Out in the dark Out there so far see Venus appearin' Makes me dance Dance from a high rope Burns like a pyro, she's got me there Venus you're just to blame - oh, this is lunacy Again and again it's the same Chorus Sly clever woman, you're my saving grace But only planets can show ... a lying face! A face! Waiting for a star Oh, I'm waiting Hoping for another light Waiting for a star Takes me years, takes me years Waiting for a star Hoping for another light Waiting for a star It takes me years away Waiting for a star (6) ------------------------------------------------------------------------