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Born in a mining town in 58
When black and white T.V. was up to date
And men were still around
Who fought for freedom – stood their ground and died
That I could be alive
And see the damage that we've managed since
In this sceptered Isle
Is nothing sacred – but the one square mile
Justice and liberty
You can buy – but you don't get free
In a world of steel and glass
We bury our past
On and on – we slept till dawn
When we awoke – we hardly spoke
My Grandfather tought me how to fight
Old fashioned stuff like wrong and right
But all around I see his morals
Buried in a mess of money troubles
Born in a mining town in 58
When black and white T.V. was up to date
And men were still around
Who fought for freedom – stood their ground and died
Justice and liberty
You can buy – but you don't get free
In a world of steel and glass
We bury our past
On and on – we slept till dawn
When we awoke – we hardly spoke
On and on – we slept till dawn
When we awoke – it was... all the same
When black and white T.V. was up to date
And men were still around
Who fought for freedom – stood their ground and died
That I could be alive
And see the damage that we've managed since
In this sceptered Isle
Is nothing sacred – but the one square mile
You can buy – but you don't get free
In a world of steel and glass
We bury our past
When we awoke – we hardly spoke
Old fashioned stuff like wrong and right
But all around I see his morals
Buried in a mess of money troubles
Born in a mining town in 58
When black and white T.V. was up to date
And men were still around
Who fought for freedom – stood their ground and died
You can buy – but you don't get free
In a world of steel and glass
We bury our past
When we awoke – we hardly spoke
When we awoke – it was... all the same
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bruce On Apr 26, 2002
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Bruce was born in the mining town of worksop, nottinghamshire in 1958 and was raised by his grandfather
It's not a bad song, but definitely not up to par with his newer three albums. I mean, for old metal, it's better than most other stuff I hear on the radio, but I'd take Chemical Wedding over Tattooed Millionaire any day.
"Born in '58" is about Bruce Dickinson's own life, as everyone has said, and is dedicated to his grandfather, who was the one who raised him, more or less.
Little background theme on Bruce, if you read a biography on him, you'll understand. Not one of his better songs, but in my opinion, a bad Bruce song is still better then pretty much anything else.
He mentioned in a live concert that this was about his grandfather...
Bruce Dickinson was born in 1958. Seriously. Look it up.
Bad Bruce Dickinson song? This? No way! The earlier solo albums are filled with like this that break the trend of what he was doing in Maiden and I think that adds to their charm.
Despite being a very intimate song I feel very good - simple and beautiful. I believe it is more than a song about his grandfather, it's about all that Bruce saw and lived and how the lessons of the old man match the facts.
No way this is a bad song,guys!It has a melanchlolic,nostalgic tone and i like it vey much!
"Justice and liberty you can buy but you don't get free"
Those are verses that I don´t understand well. Maybe he is refering in a nagative way about his grandfather. "But all around I see his morals Buried in a mess of money troubles" ... What I understood is that his grandfather never got free actually. He believed that money would buy it, but he never really got it. So, it´s a really nice philosophy on those verses, based on Bruce Dickinson's view about his grandfather. Not a bad song, definitely.
This is an amazing song, one of the best on the album.
As im from Nottingham (although i was born in 85) i feel a connection to the song and im proud that Bruce was born and raised here... so was John Parr for that matter, no relation to me though, as far as im aware.