ALBUM: Rust In Peace Dave Mustaine : Vocals,Guitars Marty Friedman : Guitars David Ellefson : Bass Guitars,Back-up Vocals Nick Menza : Lead Drums,Back-up Vocals SONG: HOLY WARS... Brother will kill brother Spilling blood across the land Killing for religion Something I don't understand Fools like me,who cross the sea And come to foreign lands Ask the sheep,for their beliefs Do you kill on God's command? A country that's divided Surely will not stand My past erased,no more disgrace No foolish naive stand The end is near,it's crystal clear Part of the master plan Don't look now to Israel It might be your homelands Holy wars Upon my podium,as the Know it all scholar Down in my seat of judgement Gavel's bang,uphold the law Up on my soapbox,a leader Out to change the world Down in my pulpit as the holler Than-thou-could-be-messenger of God SONG: ...THE PUNISHMENT DUE Wage the war on organized crime Sneak attacks,repel down the rocks Behind the lines Some people risk to employ me Some people live to destroy me Either way they die They killed my wife,and my baby With hopes to enslave me First mistake...last mistake| Paid by the alliance,to slay all the giants Next mistake...no more mistakes| Fill the cracks in,with judicial granite Because I don't say it,don't mean I ain't Thinkin' it Next thing you know,they'll take my thoughts away I know what I said,now I must scream of the overdose And the lack of mercy killings SONG: HANGAR 18 Welcome to our fortress tall Take some time to show you around Impossible to break these walls For you see the steel is much too strong Computer banks to rule the world Instruments to sight the stars Possibly I've seen to much Hangar 18 I know too much Foreign life forms inventory Suspended state of cryogenics Selective amnesia's the story Believed foretold but who'd suspect The military Intelligence Two words combined that can't make sense Possibly I've seen to much Hangar 18 I know too much SONG: TAKE NO PRISONERS Got one chance,infiltrate them Get it right,terminate them The Panzers will,permeate them Break their pride,denigrate them And their people,retrograde them Typhus,detriate them Epidemic,devastate them Take no prisoners,cremate them Going to war,give'em hell D-Day,next stop Normandie Beginning of the end We know how to and sure as shit we'll win War is peace sure man A retreat for the damned A playground for the demented A heaven for those who walk this world Bereft of heart and soul Love and war they say all is fair Take his life But won't take his hair Your body has parts your Country can spare By the way son here's Your wheelchair He once had to be all he could be Now he's nothing for no one nowhere to see Funny thing,he's like you & me It's a funny thing,a funny thing Tears streak his solemn stare Abandoned for wreckage nobody cares No one knew what would happen there No one spoke no one even dared Don't ask what you can do for your country Ask what your country can do for you Take no prisoners,take no shit SONG: FIVE MAGICS Bestow upon me knowledge Wizard-all knowing all wise I want to rule this kingdom Make sweet the breeze now defiled Dethrone the evil prince's Iron fists In velvet gloves of sin Parade the grey robed monks The vestal virgins,wheel the wyvern's in Let the ceremony consecrate the marriage Let me be the protege Of five magics Give me alchemy Wizardry Sorcery Thermatology Electricity Magic if you please Master all of these Bring him to his knees I master five magics Possessed with hellish torment I master magics '5' Hunting the abyss lord Only one will stay alive He who lives by the sword Will surely also die He who lives in sin Will surely live the lie SONG: POISON WAS THE CURE I miss the warm embrace I felt First time you touched me Secure and safe in open arms I should have known you'd crush me A snake you were when we met I loved you anyway Pulling out your poisoned fangs The venom never goes away Serpent swims free in my blood Dragons sleeping in my veins Jacky| speaking with tongue Roach egg laying in my brain Once stalked beneath your shadow Sleepwalking to the gallows I'm the sun that beats your brow in Til I finally threw the towel Never knowing if I'd wake up in a Whirlpool got redundant My brain was just some driftwood In a cesspool I became dead >From a rock star to a desk fool Was my destiny someone said Loves a tidepool Taste the waters life's abundant Taste me SONG: LUCRETIA Sitting up late at night I tiptoe through the darkness Cold as hell black as spades Aware of my immediate surrounding In my place I escape Up into my hideout Hiding from everyone My friends all say Dave your mental any way hey| Drift into a deeper state I stalk the cobwebbed stairways Dirt grits beneath my feet The stair creaks,I precariously sneak Hypnosis guides my hand I slipslide through the walkways Sit in granny's rockin' chair Memories are whirling by yeah Reminisce in the attic Lucretia waits impatiently Cobwebs make me squint The cobra so eloquently glints Moonbeams surge through the sky The crystal ball's energized Surely that like the cat waiting Lucretia rocks away SONG: TORNADO OF SOULS This morning I made the call The one that ends it all Hanging up,I wanted to cry But dammit,this well's gone dry Not for the money,not for the fame Not for the power,just no more games But now I'm safe in the eye of the tornado I can't replace the lies,that let a 1000 days go No more living trapped inside In her way I'll surely die In the eye of the tornado,blow me away You'll grow to loathe my name You'll hate me just the same You won't need your breath And soon you'll meet your death Not from the years,not from the use Not from the tears,just self abuse Who's to say,what's for me to say...be...do Cause a big nothing it'll be for me The land of opportunity The golden chance for me My future looks so bright Now I think I've seen the light Can't say what's on my mind Can't do what I really feel In this bed I made for me Is where I sleep,I really feel I warn you of the fate Proven true to late Your tongue twist perverse Come drink now of this curse And now I fill your brain I spin you round again My poison fills your head As I tuck you into bed You feel my fingertips You won't forget my lips You'll feel my cold breath It's the kiss of death SONG: DAWN PATROL Thermal count is rising In perpetual writhing The primordial ooze And the sanity they lose Awakened in the morning To more air pollution warnings Still we sleepwalk off to work While our nervous systems jerk Pretending not to notice How history had forebode us With the green house in effect Our environment was wrecked Now I can only laugh As I read our epitaph We end our lives as moles In the dark of dawn patrol SONG: RUST IN PEACE...POLARIS Tremble you weaklings,cower in fear I am your ruler,land,sea and air Immense in my girth,erect I stand tall I am a nuclear murderer I am Polaris Ready to pounce at the touch of a button My system locked in on military gluttons I rule on land,air and sea Pass judgement on humanity Winds blow from the bowels of hell Will we give warning,only time will tell Satan rears his ugly head,to spit into the wind I spread disease like a dog Discharge my payload a mile high Rotten egg air of death wrestles your nostrils Launch the Polaris,the end doesn't scare us When will this cease The warheads will all rust in peace Bomb shelters filled to the brim Survival such a silly whim World leaders sell missiles cheap Your stomach turns,your flesh creeps High priest of holocaust,fire from the sea Nuclear winter spreading disease The day of final conflict All pay the price The third world war Rapes peace,takes life Back to the start,talk of the part When the earth was cold as ice Total dismay as the sun passed away And the days where black as night Eradication of earth's Population loves Polaris ALBUM: YOUTHANASIA Dave Mustaine : Vocals,Guitars Marty Friedman : Guitars David Ellefson : Bass Guitars,Back-up Vocals Nick Menza : Lead Drums,Back-up Vocals SONG: Reckoning Day I like the way that I make you itch And all the reasons I give you to bitch And how I make you wanna scream in pain And feel your life is just a losing game I like the way that you let me in The way you look when the walls cave in I like the way that your stomach knots And how you cry for it all to stop I like the way the you fool yourself And make believe there's nobody else I like the way that you stand in line And beg salvation from the empty skies Don't want no revenge Ain't no pay back time It ain't called getting even Here comes the reckoning day I like the things that you try to fake And your face when I see you break And that you say you will pray for me You realize you are prey for me I like the way you stay on attack No matter what, I keep coming back And how you try to hold me down But you end up driven to the ground SONG: Train Of Consequences I'm doing you a favor As I'm taking all your money I guess I should feel sorry But I don't even trust me There's bad news creeping up And you feel a sudden chill How do you do? My name is trouble I'm coming in for the kill... And you know I will Set the ball A-Rollin I'll be clicking off the miles On the train of consequences My boxcar life O' style My thinking is derailed I'm tied up to the tracks The train of consequences There ain't no turning back No horse ever ran as fast As the money that you bet I'm blowing on my cards And I play them to my chest Life's fabric is corrupt Shot through with corroded thread As for me I hocked my brains Packed my bags and headed west SONG: Addicted To Chaos Only yesterday they told me you were gone All these normal people, will I find another one? Monkey on my back, Aching my bones I forgot you said "One day you'll walk alone" I said I need you, does that make me wrong? Am I a weak man, are you feeling strong? My heard was blackened, It's bloody red A hole in my heart, a hole in my head? Who will help me up? Where's the helping hand? Will you turn on me? Is this my final stand? In a dream I cannot see Tangled abstract fallacy Random turmoil builds in me I'm addicted to chaos Lights shined on my path, Turn bad days into good Turn breakdowns into blocks, I smashed 'em Cause I could My brain was Labored, My head would spin Don't let me down, don't give up, don't give in The rain comes down, cold wind blows The plans we made are back up on the road Turn up my collar, welcome the unknown Remember that you said "One day you'll walk alone" SONG: A Tout Le Monde Don't remember where I was I realized life was a game The more seriously I took things The harder the rules became I had no idea what it'd cost My life passed before my eyes I found out how little I accomplished All my plans denied So as you read this know my friends I'd love to stay with you all Please smile when you think of me My body's gone that's all A tout le monde A tout les amis Je vous aime Je dois partir There are the last words I'll ever speak And they'll set me free If my heart was still alive I know it would surely break And my memories left with you There's nothing more to say Moving on is a simple thing What it leaves behind is hard You know the sleeping feel no more pain And the living are scarred SONG: Elysian Fields Uneasy feeling, Burning out my eyes I hope the end is less painful than my life I stand on trial before the gods On Judgment day A blink of an eye between The cradle and the grave One last look at visions of flesh The last hope of man on earth Pontius Pilate still washing his hands The world don't want to be saved Only left alone Elysian Fields... We are storming the heavens To raise the swords and shields We ascend to our destiny To the Elysian fields Soaring to the sun With blood upon their wings Superstitious dust left twisting in the wind Man still has one belief, One decree that stands alone The laying down of arms I like cancer to their bones SONG: The Killing Road Again we stalk the stage At mach speed we engage Feeding people's rage The big cat's left it's cage Back in the bus again To catch another plane The behavior's quite insane But we do it for the fame, yeah I lost my mind, I lost all my money I lost my life to the killing road The road will never end It always starts again Another show's around the bend Another long lost friend Faceless as the snow There's nothing special about the road It's just another haul It's just too damn long that's all, yeah SONG: Blood Of Heroes Walking stiff let me tell ya Better left for dead And now we are on a mission Well it's full speed ahead My legion's when we do the crime Let's get one thing straight To get there early is on time And showing up on time is late Ladies and gents, we're still alive By the skin of our teeth, now it's killing Angel in our pocket, devil by our side We ain't going nowhere cuz' heroes never die Still alive Blood of heroes Never die They never die We've been run down every hill Chased up all the dead end streets But if you try to cut us out You'll get a kick in the teeth Ladies and gents we're still alive By the skin of our teeth, now it's killing time Fasten up your head belts, Time to ride the skies It's time to be immortal, 'cuz heroes never die SONG: Family Tree Forgotten things remembered The tigers eat their young The body stayed but inside the head The mind was on the run A conspiracy of silence The only way out of pain Is turn around, run through it man Too wet to come in from the rain, Tell them... I know they were doing it to you But don't try doing it to me Let me show you, how I love you It's our secret, you and me But keep it in the family tree The secret of the family tree When you hear them saying "Trust me" Don't wait to see what's next Thrown to the wolves Forever trusting Raised in a form of living hell Sing a one note song of rage Live and die within your heart So beware in the shadows Your family tree waits in the dark I say... SONG: Youthanasia Who'd believe with the way things are here We'd be going anywhere telling people How to live? Who'd believe we'd spend more Shippin' drugs and guns Than to educate our sons? Sorry but That's what they did I can't help but think, Someone's forsaken you and me Luck deserted me and the truth Beat out my brains Men rise on stepping stones of their Selves to higher things I've stepped over lots of bodies on my way Thanks for the information don't need no More anything We are the damned of all the world With sadness in our hearts The wounded of the wars We've been hung out to dry You didn't want us anyway And now we're making up our minds You tell us how to run our lives We run for youthanasia SONG: I Thought I Knew It All Somewhere there's a reason Why things go like they do Somewhere there's a reason Why somethings just fall through We don't always see them For what they really are But I know there's a reason, Just can't see it from this far Maybe I don't like it, But I have no choice I know that somewhere, someone hears my voice I thought I knew it all I thought I had it made How could it end this way? I thought I knew Somewhere there's a reason Why things don't go my way Somewhere there's a reason That I cannot explain Just like the change of season, Just may not be my turn But I know there's a reason, The lesson's mine to learn SONG: Black Curtains Hey... Look around you Everything's helter-skelter Listen up... I warn you Run for cover, run Bang... It happened Time's up, Armageddon Fire... Meltdown The sky is crumbling in Black Curtains... Never ending Escape... You're joking Can't find no place to run Hair... Is burning My flesh is bubbling up Blood... Is boiling Taste copper on my tongue Fate... Is coming Welcome it with a smile Black Curtains... Never ending, fall Am I dreaming? My heart pounds my chest Held for ransom in spider's web Suffocating, no one hears my calls Never ending, till the black curtain falls Snakes... Surround me Offering their death kiss to me Down... I'm drowning How long, I hold my breath Dogs... Are chasing My legs are paralyzed Pray... Don't find me My life is fading fast SONG: Victory Now, one day I started telling everyone that "Killing Is My Business..." and I was hung like a Martyr For "Looking Down The Cross" my "Skull Beneath The Skin" Prophesied "Last Rites/Loved To Death" my friends Then I started seeing "Bad Omens" in my head "Good Mourning/Black Friday" will I "Wake Up Dead"? If I "Ain't Superstitious" then this won't mean a Thing But some crazy shit has happened since "The Conjuring" Had fingers in my eyes, had needles in my veins A knife right through my heart, I am a victory Came "Anarchy" to "Set The World A Fire" Pain of "Hook In Mouth", "In My Darkest Hour" Corruption of the world "Peace Sells.. But Nobody's Buying" Ignorant Religion "Holy Wars" and the dying, yea by the "Skin Of My Teeth" "This Was My Life", "Foreclosure Of My Dreams" May the past "Rust In Peace" In "Hangar 18" And "Countdown To Extinction" Just be a bad dream "Lucretia" said... ALBUM: "Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?" - 1986 Dave Mustaine - Vocals, Lead and Rhythm Guitars Chris Poland - Lead and Rhythm Guitars David Ellefson - Bass Guitars and Back-Up Vocals Gar Samuelson - Drums All music and lyrics written by Dave Mustaine / Arranged by Megadeth, except "I Ain't Superstitious", music and lyrics written by Willie Dixon. "Bad Omen" and "Black Friday" inspired by Dijon Carruthers. SONG: "Wake Up Dead" I sneak in my own house It's four in the morning I had too much to drink Said I was out with the boys I creep in my bedroom I slip into bed, I know if I wake her, I'll wake up dead Chorus: I wonder, will she find out, About the other, other lover. Diana. Wake up dead, you die Wake up dead, and buried. Wake up dead, you die Wake up dead. SONG: "The Conjuring" Welcome to out sanguinary sect of worship. Feel at home in our black conventicle, As we anathematise All of those who oppose us. Don't summon the devil, Don't call the priests, If you need the strength The conjuring. Obey!!! Behold the flames rise From the compass' cardinal points. Burn the sacred oil, And, with the ashes you'll annoint. Arrange the symbols, Of the wizard, and, magician. Light the candles, Place the parchment paper in position. Between its leaves place The lash from a black cat's eye, A straw of a broom, Fold, and, burn, and, centralise. Don't summon the devil, Don't call the priests, If you need the strength, The conjuring. I am the devil's advocate, A salesman, if you will You know my name. [You know my name] I met your father years ago, Gave him what he'd please. He called my name, you'll do the same. I'm claiming what is mine by right, It's time to close the deal. You're bought and sold, bought and sold. Come join me in my infernal depths, Mephisto's hall of fame. I've got your soul, I've got your soul. The conjuring. Obey!!! SONG: "Peace Sells" What do you mean, "I don't believe in God"? I talk to him every day. What do you mean, "I don't support your system"? I go to court when I have to. What do you mean, "I can't get to work on time"? I got nothing better to do And, what do you mean, "I don't pay my bills"? Why do you think I'm broke? Huh? Chorus: If there's a new way, I'll be the first in line. But, it better work this time. What do you mean, "I hurt your feelings"? I didn't know you had any feelings. What do you mean, "I ain't kind"? I'm just not your kind. What do you mean, "I couldn't be president, of the United States of America"? Tell me something, it's still "We the people", right? Chorus: (repeat) If there's a new way I'll be the first in line, But, it better work this time. Can you put a price on peace? Peace, Peace sells..., Peace, Peace sells..., Peace sells...,but who's buying? Peace sells...,but who's buying? Peace sells...,but who's buying? Peace sells...,but who's buying? [Peace sells...,but who's buying? n+1 times more] No, peace sells... SONG: "Devils Island" The light that fills my lonely cell, Is blocked out by the key, That locks the door to this hell, The place they wanted me. Time's racing like the wind, Execution's near, Oh lord, I wait for death, And, yes, I have no fear. I recall that night, my every breath, And, step along the way. Closed my eyes, walking, As danger paved the way. The devil, and the darkness Let her evil wander free And, here on Devils Island, The final stop for me. Chorus: Devils Island, Devils Island. Oh, there is no escape, The sea is full of sharks. The tide takes you away, and Smashes you on the rocks. The sun is shining, But feel not today, It's warmth, it's dying, And fading away. Chorus (repeat): Devils Island, [here I stay,]' Devils Island. Oh, hear the call, From the grave beyond. Oh, so pernicious, Her soul it creates song. As there is no man, that is Here upon the earth, Able to terminate our Noisome will since birth. The priest that reads the sermons, Is walking next to me, To the stake, my last request, To have her burn with me. But, so it did, the heavens opened, Rain began to fall. The final judgement came, and Was spread before you all. Final judgement. Old, weak, and feeble, But the lesson taught to me, To stay away from evil, She doesn't care for me. She haunts me in my sleep, Though I tore that page away. And, here on Devils Island, I'll always have to stay. Chorus (repeat): Devils Island, Devils Island. [Devils Island, Devils Island.] Here I am. Chorus (repeat [4 times]): Devils Island, Devils Island. SONG: "Good Mourning/Black Friday" Good Mourning. Hey, I don't feel so good. Something's not right, Something's coming over me What the fuck is this? SONG: "Black Friday" Killer, intruder, homicidal man. If you see me coming, run as fast as you can. A blood thirsty demon who's stalking the street. I hack up my victims like pieces of meat. Blood thirsty demon, sinister fiend, Bludgeonous slaughters, my evil deeds. My hammer's a cold piece of blood-lethal steel. I grin while you writhe with the pain that I deal. Swinging the hammer, I hack through their heads, Deviant defilers, you're next to be dead. I unleash my hammer with sadistic intent. Pounding, surrounding, slamming through your head. Yeah! Their bodies convulse, in agony, and, pain. I mangle their faces, till no features remain. A blade for the butchering, I cut them to shreds. First take out the organs, then cut off the head. The remains of flesh now sop under my feet. One more bloody massacre, the murders' complete. I seek to dismember, a sadist fiend. And, blood baths are my way of getting clean. I lurk in the alleys, wait for the kill. I have no remorse for the blood that I spill A merciless butcher who lives underground. I'm out to destroy you and ,I will, cut you down. [Cut you down] I see you, and, I'm waiting ,for Black Friday. Killer, intruder, homicidal man. If you see me coming, run as fast as you can. A blood thirsty demon who's stalking the street. I hack up my victims like pieces of meat. I lurk in the alleys, wait for the kill. [s: Blood thirsty demon...] I have no remorse for the blood that I spill [s: Bludgeonous slaughters...] A merciless butcher who lives underground. I'm out to destroy you and ,I will, cut you down. It's Black Friday, paint the devil on the wall. [8 times] SONG: "Bad Omen" Down fell the stars, as they Splashed into the sea. "Mi nomine Baphomet", Come dance with me. Sacrifice the virgins, Spiritual rites. Their master's time has come, The moon is full tonight. Drinking, dancing, They worship, and toast The devil, who's watching, With demon's remote. Fire, rising, Racing in your blood. Possessed, naive, His service is done. Bloody blasphemy. Sinister's the word, As the demon's take their fill. An orgy's taking place, Human blood will spill. An act of worship, As they conceive the ghouls. Satan has their souls, They sing pagan tunes. The ceremony, Is sure to be cursed. They ask for his blessings, But, down comes the worst. Their bodies, soulless, A corpse from the grave. Their minds are helpless, And, no-one can save [x 5], No-on can save them [oh no]. [x 2] SONG: "I Ain't Superstitious" I ain't superstitious, When a black cat crosses my path. And, I ain't superstitious, As I break the looking glass. Ain't afraid of no demons, Don't make me laugh! I ain't superstitious, Under the ladder I go. I ain't superstitious, It's all bullshit, don't you know! Ain't afraid of the shadows, I like the dark anyway, and that's a fact! Superstitious [x 2] I ain't superstitious, No such thing as bad luck. I ain't superstitious, I couldn't really give a fuck. Take your stupid superstitions, And find some other paranoidal, Chickenshit, sissy, worm, and, tell it to him. Superstitious [x 2] [I ain't super - superstitious, I ain't superstitious, blah blah] SONG: "My Last Words" My life's on time, But again my sense is late. Feel a might unsteady, But still I have to play. Six to one's the odds, And, we have the highest stakes. And, once again I gamble with my very life today. Highly polished metal, The oil makes it gleam. Fill the terror chamber, Your mind begins to scream. Your life is like a trigger, Never trouble till you're squeezed. Now you crack a smile, As you give the gun a tease. Place the piston down, Now give the gun a spin. Soon as the spinning stops, Oh no, the game starts in. A hateful way of vengeance, A bit of playful sin. Load another bullet, Now the second round begins. A couple grains of powder, A couple grams of lead. A touch against the trigger, A touch inside the head. Take another drink, and Raise the last bets. Think about my last words, They might be what I just said. A click comes from the hammer, That couldn't drive a nail. Sense the numbing cold blue, Or the red of Hades' grill. A fraction of a second, Do you lose, or maybe still, Pass it to the left, And collect your mighty kill. Add another bullet, The third round begins. Soon as the spinning stops, Oh no, the game starts in. Please, no I.O.U.'s, No markers for death. Does anybody play? Anybody, Somebody, anybody play. You, you, next victim, you next to die. You, you, next victim, you next [s: your turn] to die. You, come on, next victim, your turn to die. You, come on, next victim, your turn to die. ALBUM: Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! SONG: Last Rites (D. Mustaine) (Instrumental) SONG: Loved to Deth (D. Mustaine) Your bodies empty now As I hold you Now your gone I miss you But I told you I remember bad times More than good There's no coming back Even if we could I loved you to deth If I can't have you Then no one will And since I won't I'll have to kill My only love, something I've never felt Now you've gone to heaven And I'll burn in hell (Solo: Mustaine) And now I'm down below And what do I see You didn't go to heaven Your down in hell with me And now your coming back Baby, take me, please! I really think I would If you weren't such a slaze I loved you once before You kept me on a string I'd rather go without Than take what you would bring I loved you to deth SONG: Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! (D. Mustaine) I am a snyper Always hit the mark Paid assassin Working after dark Looking through the night Using infra-red My target on you Aimed at your head $10.000 up front $10.000 when I'm through And I know just what to do And ya know I'll do it too Then I'm coming back for you Back for you! I do the "getting rid of" Don't tell me why Don't need to hear the truth Don't need the lies Now pay me quickly And now we're through It brings me great pleasure To say my next job is you Don't you know that Killing is my business And business is good (repeat) You'd better believe it (Solo: Poland) SONG: The Skull Beneath The Skin (D. Mustaine) (Solo: Mustaine) Mean and infectious The evil prophets rise Dance of the macabre As witches streak the sky Decadent worship of Black magic and sorcery In the womb of the devils dungeon Trapped without a plea (Solo: Mustaine) See thing in agony Necroisis is the fate Pins sticking through the skin The venom now sedates Locked in a pillory Nowhere to be found Screaming for your life But no-one hears a sound HELLPP MMEEEEEE Prepare the patients scalp To peel away Metal caps his ears He'll hear not what we say Solid steel visor Riveted cross his eyes Iron staples close his jaws So no one hears his cries The skull beneath the skin Now your drawn and quartered Your bones will make the x Symbol stands for poison And it's chained to your head And as we fold your arms To make the holy cross We cross the crucifix Religion has been lost The skull beneath the skin (Solo: Mustaine) SONG: These Boots (L. Hazelwood, D. Mustaine) (Solo: Poland) You keep saying you got something for me Something you call love, but I call sex You've been kissing when you ought-a-be-a Screwing and now someone else can Kiss your ass These boots are made for walking Thats just what they'll do And one of these days these boots Are gonna walk all over you (Solo: Poland) You keep lieing and there ain't no believing And you keep same'n when you ought-a-be-a Leaving Now whats right is right but you ain't been Right yet These boots... (Solo: Poland) You've keep dressing ways you shouldn't Be dressing And you keep thinking that you'll never Get burned ha! I just found me a brand new box spring Mattress What you know bitch you got a lot to learn These boots... are you ready boots (Solo: Poland) And you think I'm kidding, don't ya?! SONG: Rattle Head (D. Mustaine) Here I come Stand up and plant your feet Listen I'm letting off steam Now throw your hands in the air Let it loose I don't fuckin care (Solo: Poland) Rattle head A dose of metal you need To band your head til you bleed It's time for snapping some neck Slashing, thrashing to megadeth (Solo: Poland) Rattle head You, your head is pounding with pain Winning, sinning, beginning Feeding, the needing for bleeding Bashing, smashing, crashing Frying, anhilealating you! (Solo: Poland) There's someone back in the shadows You feel though you can't see his eyes He'll bash your head if you cross him Ain't quite your average guy Don't wear no leather to "fittin" Don't wear no spikes to be "cool" Don't want no woman beside him Just make it fast, loud and rude Rattle head (Solo: Mustaine) I'm a rattle head Rattle your goddamn head! SONG: Chosen Ones (D. Mustaine) You doubt your strength or courage Don't come to join with me For deth surely wants you With sharp and pointy teeth An animal so vicious No others fought and won So on the fields of battle We are the chosen ones Human bones blank the dirt OF the heathens lair That we must pass this den of deth The only path from here But I walk in the light The time to die has come No-one shall take my life I'm of the chosen ones Black shadows fill the sky As the creatures eyes grow near Raise the shield of the holy pilgrims High into the air Heavens powers fill my arms Onward now to fight I'm sent Oh the beast is coming To put you to the test (Solo: Mustaine) Lookout! Now this land is mine to pilage Rape, and steal, and take at will Never let you cross this path I reign for now I stay to kill SONG: Looking Down The Cross (D. Mustaine) (Solo: Mustaine) Now before they take me And my blessed life Now you'll know why deth Was summoned here tonight I'll recall my perils They'll kill me in pride No, I can't run away There's no place to hide Though too much to live for I owe enough to die Ask not for salvation My deth shall mean their lives Hatred and guilt the alter they've built High priests of sun Destiny, fate the wicked ones gate Beckoning you in Down the walkways Through the blood stained town Looking down the cross Bleeding from the crown Led to stay To die besides the thieves Kill the king Of the world to be And now to you, this will come A putrifying pestolence More noxious than the serpents breath Male violenty destined More corrupt than the malice of Choronzon More disease than the wind Of the moonlight sun Putrifaction you've caused No need for confession Now you wish you had a god To stop your demolition Crushing the bones of the hundred folds Swinging the judgement hammer Man, woman, child no-one is safe The heads of the dead are the banner And this was all you got So don these broken wings Sands of time run out Bells of hades ring Is this a nightmare To unhallow thy name Smell of brimstone Dancing in the flames No help now As you fulfill his task Chief of evil Has got you by the ass Set free To ???? the throne Just a dream? Your veeping all alone (Solo: Mustaine) Looking down the cross (Speak no evil) I'm looking down the cross (Speaking evil) SONG: Mechanix (D. Mustaine) Imagine you were at my station And you brought your motor to me Your a burner yeah a real motor car Said you wanna get your order filled Made me shiver when I put it in Pumping just won't do ya know luckily for you Who ever though you'd be better At turning a screw than me I do it for my life Made my drive shaft crank Made my pistons buldge Made my ball bearings melt from the heat We were shifting hard when we took off Put tonight all four on the floor When we hit top end ya know it feels too slow I'm giving you my room service And ya know it's more than enough Oh one more time ya know I'm in love (Solo: Mustaine) ALBUM: Countdown to Extinction 1992 Capitol/Combat Records Personnel: Dave Mustaine: Lead and rhythm guitars/lead vocals Marty Friedman: Lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars/backing vocals Nick Menza: Drums/backing vocals David Ellefson: Bass guitars/backing vocals SONG: Skin o' My Teeth (Dave Mustaine) I had wrists donning slits Flowing constantly My broken body in a wreck Wrapped around a tree A crosswalk hit and run The finish line for me People clutter in the gutter Take a look and see CHORUS No escaping pain You belong to me Clinging on to life By the skin o' my teeth My blood flows through the streets Deluge from the wounds Empty jars of sleeping pills On the dresser in my room My wet brain neighbor cranes His neck to see in time The white light's a train Bearing down on me CHORUS I won't feel the hurt I'm not trash any longer That that doesn't kill me Only makes me stronger I need a ride to the morgue That's what 911 is for So, tag my toe and don't forget Ooh to close the drawer CHORUS SONG: Symphony of Destruction (Dave Mustaine) You take a mortal man And put him in control Watch him become a god Watch people's heads a'roll A'roll CHORUS Just like the Pied Piper Led rats through the streets We dance like marionettes Swaying to the symphony Of destruction Acting like a robot Its metal brain corrodes You try to take its pulse Before the head explodes Explodes CHORUS The earth starts to rumble World powers fall A'warring for the heavens A peaceful man stands tall Tall CHORUS SONG: Architecture of Aggression (Dave Mustaine/David Ellefson) Born from the dark In the black cloak of night To envelop its prey below Deliver to the light To eliminate your enemy Hit them in their sleep And when all is won and lost The spoils of wars are yours to keep CHORUS Great nations built from the bones of the dead With mud and straw, blood and sweat You know your worth when your enemies Praise your architecture of aggression Ensuing power vacuum A toppled leader dies His body fuels the power fire And the flames rise to the sky One side of his face a kiss The other genocide Time to pay with your ass A worldwide suicide CHORUS Born from the dark In the black cloak of the night To envelop its prey below Deliver to the light To eliminate your enemy Hit them in their sleep And when all is won and lost The spoils of war are yours to keep CHORUS SONG: Foreclosure of a Dream (Dave Mustaine/David Ellefson) Rise so high, yet so far to fall A plan of dignity and balance for all Political breakthrough, euphoria's high More borrowed money, more borrowed time Backed in a corner, caught up in the race Means to an end ended in disgrace Perspective is lost in the spirit of the chase CHORUS Foreclosure of a dream Those visions never seen Until all is lost Personal holocaust Foreclosure of a dream barren land that once filled a need Are worthless now, dead without a deed Slipping away from an iron grip Nature's scales are forced to tip The heartland cries, loss of all pride To leave ain't believing, so try and be tried Insufficient funds, insanity and suicide CHORUS Now with new hope some will be proud This is no hoax, no one pushed out Recieve a preieve and bea pioneer Break new ground of a new frontier New ideas will surely get by No deed, or divident Some may ask, "Why?" You'll find the solution, the answer's in the sky CHORUS Rise so high, yet so far to fall A plan of dignity and balance for all Political breakthrough, euphoria's high More borrowed money, more borrowed time CHORUS Holocaust SONG: Sweating Bullets (Dave Mustaine) Hello me...meet the real me And my misfit's way of life A dark black past is my Most valued possession Hindsight is always 20-20 But looking back it's still a bit fuzzy Speak of mutally assured desturction? Nice story...tell it to Reader's Digest!!! Feeling paraonid True enemy or false friend? Anxiety's attacking me and My air is getting thin I'm in trouble for the things I haven't got to yet I'm chomping at the bit and my Palms are getting wet, sweating bullets Hello me...it's me again You can subdue but never tame me It gives me a migraine headache Thinking down to your level Yea, just keep on thinking it's my fault And stay an inch or two outta kicking distance Mankind has got to know His limitations Feeling claustrophobic Like the walls are closing in Blood stains on my hands and I don't know where I've been I'm in trouble fro the things I haven't got to yet I'm sharpening the axe and my Palms are gettingwet, sweating bullets Well, me...it's nice talking to myself A credit to dementia Some day you too will know my pain And msile its blacktooth grin If the war inside my head Won't take a day off I'll be dead My icy fingers claw your back Here I come again Feeling paranoid True enemy or false friend? Anxiety's attacking me And my air is getting thin Feeling claustrophobic Like the walls are closing in Blood stains on my hands And I don't know where I've been Once you committed me Now you've acquitted me Claiming validity For your stupidity I'm chomping at the bit I'm sharpening the axe Here I come again, whoa! Sweating bullets SONG: This Was My Life (Dave Mustaine) It was just another day It was just another fight It was words strung into sentences It was doomed to not be right There is osmething wrong with me There is omething wrong with you There is nothing left of us There is one thing I can do CHORUS Lying on your bed Examining my head Thisis the part of me that hates Paybacks are a bitch I throw the switch Somewhere an electric chair awaits Hey! This was my life Hey! This was my life This was the wrong thing to do This was the wrong one to be doing This was the road to destiny This was the road to my ruin Now there's motives for the suspect Now there's nothing left to say Now there's method to the madness Now there's society to pay CHORUS In our life there's if In our bliefs there's lie In our business there's sin In our bodies there's die CHORUS This was my life This was my life SONG: Countdown to Extinction (Dave Mustaine/Nick Menza/David Ellefson/Marty Friedman) Endangered species caged in fright Shot in cold blood, no chance to fight The stage is set, now pay the price An ego boost, don't think twice Technology, the battle's unfair You pull the hammer without a care Squeeze the trigger that makes you Man Pseudo-safari, the hunt is canned The hunt is canned CHORUS All are gone, all but one No contest, nowhere to run No more left, only one This is it, thisis the countdown to extinction Tell the truth, you wouldn't dare The skin and trophy oh so rare Silence speaks louder than words Ignore the guilt and take your turn Liars anagram is "lairs" Man you were never even there Killed a few feet from the cages Point blank, you're so courageous So courageous CHORUS One hour from now Another species of life form Will dsiappear off the face of the planet forever And the rate is accelerating CHORUS SONG: High Speed Dirt (Dave Mustaine/David Ellefson) Do it if you dare Leaping from the sky Hurling thruough the air Exhilirating high See the earth below Soon to make a crater Blue sky, black death I'm off to meet my maker CHORUS Energy of the gods, adrenalin surge Won't stop till I hit the ground, I'm on my way for sure Up here in the air, this will never hurt I'm on my way to impact, taste the high speed dirt Paralyzed with fear Feel velocity gain Entering a near Catatonic state Pressure of the sound Roaring through my head Crash into the ground Damned if I'll be dead CHORUS Jump or die! Dropping all my weight Going down full throttle The pale horse awaits Like a genie in a bottle Fire in my veins Faster as I go I forgot my name I'm a dirt torpedo High speed dirt SONG: Psychotron (Dave Mustaine) Assasin in stealth Assailant from hell Impervious to damage Computer on board Engaged in a war Non-stop combatant Maybe not a mutant, maybe a man CHORUS Part bionic And organic Not a cyborg Call him Psychotron Burning inside Godspeed in glide Battle plan running A killing machine Just downright mean And forever gunning Maybe not a mutant, maybe a man CHORUS Target to destroy Arms in employ Full assault fire threat Sensors indicate You will terminate Life systems disconnect CHORUS Psychotron SONG: Captive Honour (Dave Mustaine/David Ellefson/Nick Menza/Marty Friedman) Madness comes and madness goes An insane place with insane moves Battles without for barries within Where evil lives and evil rules Breaking them up, just breaking them in Quickest way yout, quickest relief wins Never disclose, never betray Cease to speak or cease to breathe ANd when you kill a man you're a murderer Kill many and you're a conqueror Kill them all...ooh...oh you're a god! Ladies and gentlement of the jury Have you reached a verdict? Yes, we have, Your Honour, we find the defendant guilty! On all counts for crimes against all humanity By virtue of the jury's decision and the power Vested in me by the state I hereby sentence you to be Incarcerated with no possibility of parole for life Life! Whadda ya mean life? I ain't got a life Boy! Your soul better belong to Jesus! Hmmm-mmmm cause your ass belongs to me! CHORUS Captive honour ain't no honour No time for questions No time for games Start kicking ass And taking down the names A long shit list A shorter fuse He is untouchable And guarantees you'll lose CHORUS Inside the bigouse His nightmare unfolds Before he got there His manpussy was sold Black blanket welcome This tough guy's now a bitch Praying for death It can't be worse than this CHORUS SONG: Ashes in Your Mouth (Dave Mustaine/Nick Menza/David Ellefson/Marty Friedman) People have round shoulders from fairing heavy loads And the soldiers liberate them, laying mines along their roads Sorrow paid for valor is too much to recall Of the countless corpses piled up along the wailing wall Melting down all metals, turning plows and shears to swords Shun words of the Bible, we need implements of war Chalklines and red puddles of those who have been slain Destiny, that crooked schemer, says the dead shall rise again CHORUS Where do we go from here? And should we really care? The end is finally here God have mercy! Now we've rewritten history The one thing we've found out Sweet taste of vindication It turns to ashes in your mouth CHORUS If you're fighting to live It's okay to die The answer to your question is Welcome to tomorrow Where do we go from here? God have mercy! CHORUS ALBUM: "So Far, So Good... So What!" - 1988 Dave Mustaine Lead Vocals, Lead Rhythm and Acoustic Guitars David Ellefson Bass Guitar and Back-up Vocals Jeff Young Lead, Rhythm & Acoustic Guitars Chuck Behler Drums & Percussion SONG: "Into The Lungs Of Hell" (Music by D. Mustaine) (Instrumental) SONG: "Set The World Afire" Red flash clouds choking out the morning sky They said it'd never come, we knew it was a lie All forms of life die now the humans all succumb Time to kiss your ass goodbye the end has just begun Distorted figures walk the street, it's 1989 [s: 1999] Weeds once underneath your feet have grown into vines Bodies melted like a candle, a land without a face No time to change your fate, no time left, it's too late The arsenal of Megadeth can't be rid they said And if it comes, the living will envy the dead Racing for power, and all come in last No winning first stone cast This falsehood worldly peace It's treaties will soon cease No one will be left to prove that numbers existed Maybe soon the children will be born open fisted We all live on one planet it will all go up in smoke Too bad they couldn't see this lethal energy and now the final scene, a global darkening Dig deep the piles of rubble and ruins Towering overhead both far and wide There's unknown tools of World War III Einstein said "We'll use rocks on the other side" No survivors set the world afire [x 2] SONG: "Anarchy In The UK" (Song by Glen Matlock, Johnny Rotten, Paul Cook and Steve Jones) ["UK" replaced by "USA" in Megadeth's version] Right now I am an Anti-Christ, and I am an anarchist. Don't know what I want, but I know how to get it, I want to destroy, possibly? Cause I want to be Anarchy. No dog's body. Anarchy for the U.K. It's coming sometime it maybe. I give a wrong time, stop a traffic light. Your future dream is a shopping spree. Cause I want to be Anarchy, in the city. Of many ways to get what you want I use the best, I use the rest. I use the enemy, I use anarchy. Cause I want to be Anarchy, it's the only way to be. Is this the M.P.L.A.? Is this the U.D.A.? Is this the I.R.A.? I thought it was the U.K., or just another country and other cunt-like tendencies. Cause I want to be Anarchy, cause I want to be Anarchy, you know what I mean? Cause I want to be an Anarchist, again I'm pissed, Destroy! SONG: "Mary Jane" (Music by D. Mustaine, Lyrics by D. Mustaine/D. Ellefson) Forgive me father for I have sinned I'm a child of the air, I'm a witch of the wind And I'm still awake... Mary Jane From the earth, up through the trees I can hear her calling me Her voice rides on the breeze Oh, it's haunting me No, I can't get away No, there's no escape If I know I'm going crazy I must not be insane Chorus: Beware my friends, as you pass by As you are now so once was I As I am now so you must be Prepare my friends to follow me Forgive me father for I have sinned I'm a child of the air, I'm a witch of the wind Fingers gripped around my brain No control, my mind is lame I'm in the astral plane, and I'll never be the same Never, never, never, never, never, never Never, never, never Repeat chorus It hurts so bad I can't breathe Prepare to follow me SONG: "502" (Music by D. Mustaine, Lyrics by D. Mustaine) Pull over, shithead, this is the cops Full tank, pockets lined with cash Full throttle, gonna rip some ass. Drive all day, and through the night, Romance the road, winding left and right. The stars above guide me, the moonlight is free. A feeling inside me, and the whole world to see. Driving fast makes me feel good, The speed of light trapped under my hood. Breaking laws, 'cause there's nothing to do. Driving the interstate, stopped for a 502 Hundreds of miles rolled off today. Signs lose their meaning, minutes tick away. Dirt roads to interstates, I must have drove them all. Cigarettes and burgers, caffeine and alcohol. Drive until daybreak, always on the go. Life on the freeway, night shift till dawn patrol. Driving fast makes me feel good, The speed of light trapped under my hood Breaking laws 'cause there's nothing to do. Driving the interstate, stopped for a 502. Stopped for a 502, next time it's gonna be you. Stars above guide me This feeling inside me. I drive until daybreak. Life on the freeway is Hell. I'm coming through. SONG: "In My Darkest Hour" (Music by D. Mustaine, Lyrics by D. Mustaine/D. Ellefson) In my hour of need ha [no] you're not there and though I reached out for you wouldn't lend a hand. Through the darkest hour grace did not shine on me It feels so cold, very cold no one cares for me. Did you ever think I get lonely did you ever think that I needed love did you ever think to stop thinking you're the only one that I'm thinking of. You'll never know how hard I tried to find my space and satisfy you too. Things will be better when I'm dead and gone don't try to understand, knowing you I'm probably wrong. But oh how I lived my life for you still you'd turn away now as I die for you my flesh still crawls as I breathe your name all these years I thought I was wrong now I know it was you raise you head, raise your face your eyes tell me who you think you are, who? I walk, I walk alone into the promised land. There's a better place for me but it's far, far away everlasting life for me in a perfect world but I gotta die first, please god send me on my way. Time has a way of taking time Loneliness is not only felt be fools Alone I call to ease the pain Yearning to be held by you, Alone so alone, I'm lost Consumed by the pain the pain, the pain, the pain. Won't you hold me again you just laughed, ha ha, bitch my whole life is work built on the past but the time has come when all things shall pass this good thing passed away. In my darkest hour. SONG: "Liar" (Music by D. Mustaine/D. Ellefson, Lyrics by D. Mustaine) You take great pride in never having lived up to anything Lie, steal, cheat and kill, a real bad guy Your daddy is a wino, and your mommy is quite insane From alter boy to sewer rat, you don't give a damn Your sister is a junkie, gets "it" any way she can Your brother's a gay singer in a stud leather band Your girlfriend's got herpes to go with your hep and AIDS There ain't one person you know you ain't ripped off yet. Look deep in the mirror, look deep into its eyes Your face is replaced, a creature you despise but I know what you're made of, it ain't much I'm afraid I know you'll be lying until you dying day Make up your stories, truth's so hard to say Brain is numb and your tongue will surely dig your grave Your mind is sickly from Alzheimer's Disease And decadence and debauchery killed your memories You're a liar, liar, liar, everyone can see Liar, liar, [liar,] it's all you'll ever be Liar, liar, liar, it's what you mean to me Liar, liar, lies... Start trouble, spread pain Piss and venom, in your veins Talk nasty, breathe fire Smell rotten, you're a liar Sweat liquor, breathe snot Eat garbage, spit blood Diseased, health hazard Scum bag, filthy bastard Greasy face, teeth decay Hair matted, drunk all day Abscessed, sunken veins Rot gut, scrambled brain Steal money, crash cars Rob jewelry, hock guitars Rot in hell, it's time you know To your master, off you go You're a liar A fucking liar Filthy liar Liar You fucking liar Liar SONG: "Hook In Mouth" (Music by D. Mustaine/D. Ellefson, Lyrics by D. Mustaine) A cockroach in the concrete, courthouse tan and beady eyes. A slouch with fallen arches, purging truths into great lies. A little man with a big eraser, changing history Procedures that he's programmed to, all he hears and sees. Altering the facts and figures, events and every issue. Make a person disappear, and no one will ever miss you. Rewrites every story, every poem that ever was. Eliminates incompetence, and those who break the laws. Follow the instructions of the New Ways' Evil Book of Rules. Replacing rights with wrongs, the files and records in the schools. You say you've got the answers, well who asked you anyway? Ever think maybe it was meant to be this way? Don't try to fool us, we know the worst is yet to come. I believe my kingdom will come. Chorus: F is for fighting, R is for red, Ancestors' blood in battles they've shed. E, we elect them, E, we eject them, In the land of the free, and the home of the brave. D, for your dying, O, your overture, M, they will cover your grave with manure. This spells out freedom, it means nothing to me, As long as there's a P.M.R.C. F is for fighting, R is for red, Ancestors' blood in battles they've shed. E, we elect them, E, we eject them, In the land of the free and the home of the brave. D, for your dying, O, your overture, M is for money and you know what that cures. This spells out freedom, it means nothing to me, As long as there's a P.M.R.C. [repeat chorus] Put your hand right up my shirt, Pull the strings that make me work, Jaws will part, words fall out, like a fish with hook in mouth. Rewrites every story, every poem that ever was. Eliminates incompetence, and those who break the laws. Follow the instructions of the New Ways' Evil Book of Rules. Replacing rights with wrongs, the files and records in the schools. I'm not a fish I'm a man