[Steve Harris]
I remember it as plain as day
Although it happened in the dark of the night.
I was strolling through
the streets of Paris
And it was cold it was starting to rain.
And then I heard a piercing scream
And I rushed to the scene of the
crime
But all I found was the butchered remains
Of two girls lay side by side.
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Someone call the
Gendarmes
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Run before the killers go free
There's some people coming down the street
At last
there's someone heard my call
I can't understand why they're pointing at me
I never done nothing at all.
But I must have got some
blood on my hands
Because everyone's shouting at me
I can't speak French so I couldn't explain
And like a fool I started running
away.
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Someone call the Gendarmes
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Am I ever gonna be free.
And
now I've gotta get away from the arms of the law.
All France is looking for me.
I've gotta find my way across the border for
sure
Down the south to Italy.
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Someone call the Gendarmes
Murders in the Rue Morgue
I'm never
going home.
Well I made it to the border at last
But I can't erase the scene from my mind
Anytime somebody stares at me,
well
I just start running blind
Well I'm moving through the shadows at night
Away from the staring eyes
Any day they'll be
looking for me
'Cause I know I show the signs of...
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Running from the Gendarmes
Murders in the
Rue Morgue
Running from the arms of the law
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Running from the Gendarmes
Murders in the Rue
Morgue
Am I ever gonna be free
It took so long and I'm getting so tired
I'm running out of places to hide
Should I return
to the scene of the crime
Where the two young victims died
If I could go to somebody for help
It'd get me out of trouble for
sure
But I know that it's on my mind
That my doctor said I've done it before.
Murders in the Rue Morgue
They're never
gonna find me
Murders in the Rue Morgue
I'm never going home.
