Iron Hand
by Dire Straits
From the album: On Every Street
Track 8 of 12 on On Every Street (1991).
Duration: 3:08
Lyrics for Iron Hand
With all the clarity of dream The sky's so blue, the grass's so green The rank and file and the navy blue The deep and strong, the straight and true The blue line they got the given sign The belts and boots march forward in time The wood and leather club and shield Swept like a wave across the battlefield Now with all the clarity of dream The blood's so red, the grass's so green The gleam of spur on chestnut flank The cavalry did burst upon the ranks Oh the iron will and the iron hand In England's green and pleasant land No music for the shameful scene That night they said it had even shocked the queen Well alas we've seen it all before Knights in armour, days of yore The same old fears and the same old crimes We haven't changed since ancient times