Written By Bruce Dickinson & Steve Harris Trace your way back fifty years To the glow of Dresden, blood and tears In the black above by the cruel searchlight Men will die and men will fight, yeah Who shot who and who fired first? Dripping death to whet the bloodthirst No radar lock on, skin and bone The bomber boys are going home Climb into the sky, never wonder why Tailgunner, you're a Tailgunner Climb into the sky, never wonder why Tailgunner, you're a Tailgunner Climb into the sky, never wonder why Tailgunner, you're a Tailgunner Climb into the sky, never wonder why Tailgunner, you're a Tailgunner Nail that Fokker, kill that son Gonna blow your guts out with my gun The weather forecast's good for war Cologne and Frankfurt? Have some more, hahaha! Tail end Charlie in the boiling sky The Enola Gay was my last try Now that this Tailgunner's gone No more bombers, one big bomb, yeah hey, ooh Climb into the sky, never wonder why Tailgunner, you're a Tailgunner Climb into the sky, never wonder why Tailgunner, you're a Tailgunner Climb into the sky, never wonder why Tailgunner, you're a Tailgunner Climb into the sky, never wonder why Tailgunner, you're a Tailgunner