M E G A D E T H
 
                         KILLING IS MY BUSINESS... - 1985

 Dave Mustaine	: Lead Guitar, Vocals, Piano
 Chris Poland	: Lead Guitar
 David Ellefson	: Bass Guitar, Back Up Vocals
 Gar Samuelsson	: Drums, Tympani (Rattlehead)

     LOVED TO DEATH

  YOUR BODIES EMPTY NOW
  AS I HOLD YOU
  NOW YOUR GONE I MISS YOU
  BUT I HOLD YOU
  I REMEMBER BAD TIMES
  MOR THAN GOOD
  THERE'S NO COMING BACK
  EVEN IF WE COULD
  I LOVE YOU TO DEATH
  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 LEFT
  NOW YOU'VE GONE TO HEAVEN
  AND I'LL BURN IN HELL
  I LOVE YOU TO DETH
  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 REALY THINK I WOULD
  IF YOU WEREN'T SUCH A SLEAZE
  I LOVED YOU ONCE BEFORE
  YOU KEPT ME ON A STRING
  I'D RATHER GO WITHOUT
  THAN TAKE WHAT YOU WOULD BRING
  I LOVE YOU TO DETH

    KILLING IS MY BUSINESS...AND BUSINESS IS GOOD

  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

    THE SKULL BENEATH THE SKIN

  MEAN AND INFECTOUS
  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
  SEE THINGS IN AGONY
  NECROSIS 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 MMMEEEEEE
  PREPARE THE PATIETS SCALP
  TO FEEL 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
  SYMBLE STANDS FOR POISON
  AND IT'S CHAINED TO YOUR HEAD
  AND AS WE FOLD YOUR ARMS
  TO MAKE THE HOLYCROSS
  WE CHOSE THE CRUCIFIX
  RELIGION HAS BEEN LOST
  THE SKULL BENEATHE THE SKIN

    THE BOOTS

  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
  THAT JUST WHAT THEY'LL DO
  AND ONE OF THESE DAYS THESE BOOTS
  ARE GONNA WALK ALL OVER YOU
  YOU KEEP LIENG AND THERE AIN'T NO BELIEVING
  AND YOU KEEP SAME'N WHEN TOU OUGHT-A-BE-A
  LEAVINT
  NOW WHATS RIGHT IS RIGHT BUT YOUAIN'T BEEN
  RIGHT YET
   THESE BOOTS...
  YOU'VE KEEP DRESSING WHAT YOU SHOULDN'T
  BE DRESSING
  AND YOU KEEP THINKING WHAT YOU'LL NEVER
  GET BURNED HA!
  I JUST FOUND ME A BRAND NEW BOX SPRING
  MATTRESS
  WHAT YOU NOW BITCH YOU GOT A LOT TO LEARN
   THESE BOOTS...ARE YOU READY BOOTS
  AND YOU THINK I'M KIDDING, DONT YA ?!

    RATTLEHEAD

  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
  RATTLE HEAD
  A DOSE OF METAL YOU NEED
  TO BANG YOUR HEAD TIL YOU BLEED
  IT'S TIME FOR SNAPPING SOME NECK
  SLASHING, THRASHING TO MEGADETH
  RATTLE HEAD
  YOU, YOUR HEAD IS POUNDING WITH PAIN
  WINNING, SINNING, BEGINNING
  FEEDING, THE NEEDING FOR BLEEDING
  BASHING, SMASHING, CRASHING
  FRYING, ANHILEALATING YOU!
  THERE'S SOMEONE BACK IN THE SHADOWS
  YOU FEEL THROUGH YOU

    CHOSEN ONCE

  YOU DOUBT YOUR STRENGTH OR COURAGE
  DONT COME TO JOIN WITH ME
  FOR DETH SURELY WAITS YOU
  WITH SHARP AND POINTY TEETH
  AN ANIMAL SO WICHOUS
  NO OTHERS FOUGHT AND WON
  SO ON THE FIELDS OF BATTLE
  WE ARE THE CHOSEN ONES
  HUMAN BONES BLANKET THE DIRT
  OF THE HEATHENS LAIR
  THAT WE MUST PASS THE 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 SHADOW FILL THE SKY
  AS THE CREATURES EYES GROW NEAR
  RISE 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
   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

    LOOK DOWN THE CROSS

  NOW BEFORE THEY TAKE ME
  AND MY BLESSED LIFE
  NOW YOU'LL NOW WHY DETH
  WAS SUMMONED HERE TONIGHT
  I 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, FADE 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 PUTRIFTING PESTOLENCE
  MORE NOXIOUS THAN THE SERPENTS BREATH
  MALE VOLENTY 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 STEP 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 OD HADES RING
  IS THIS A NIGHTMARE
  TO UNHALLOW THY NAME
  SMELL OF BRIMSTONE
  DANCING IN THE FLAMES
  NO HELP NOW
  AS YOU FULFILL HISS TASK
  CHIEF OF EVIL
  HAS GOT YOU BY THE ASS
  SET FREE
  NO SHAHON THE THRONE
  JUST A DREAM?
  YOUR WEEPING ALL ALONE
  LOOKING DOWN THE CROSS
  (SPEAK NO EVIL)
  I'M LOOKING DOWN THE CROSS
  (SPEAK NO EVIL)

    MECHANIX

  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 THOUGHT YOU'D BE BETTER
  AT TURNING A SCREW THEN 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