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ERIC ADAMS
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Vocals |
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JOEY DeMAIO
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4,8 String Bass |
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ROSS the BOSS
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Guitar & Keyboards |
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R. FRIEDMAN
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Drums |
BATTLE HYMNS
Ridin' on to wheels
Chain suit on my heels
Sittin' on leather
Ridin' on steel
Put my shades on
Hair blows in the wind
I give some square the finger
Now he won't look again, no he won't
Now, you were sittin'
And I got sent to Nam
I give some square the finger
You just worked at job
Hear me calling
Can't you hear my death tone
Hear me calling
Can't you hear my death tone
Hear me ride
On into the night
Pull along side
If you're looking for a fight
My social workers
Got me on a chain
Keeps me out of jail
So the paper prints his name,
Yes it does, and he likes it
Unemployment checks
Run out next week
It won't be very long
'Til I'm back on the streets again
Now, you were sittin' home
And I was sent to Nam
I went through the big house
You just worked at job
Hear me calling
Can't you hear my death tone
Hear me calling
Can't you hear my death tone
Hear me ride
On into the night
Pull along side
If you're looking for a fight
Death tone
Death tone
Gonna ride on my death tone
Yes I am
I'm gonna ride on my death tone
I hear the sound
In a metal way
I feel the power
Rolling out of stage
'Cos only one thing
Really sets me free
Heavy metal
Loud as it can be
Baby I was born to play music
I am a man with a screamy guitar
There's a light in a middle of a stage
In a minute I'm wearing me on
I don't know another way of living
Baby I don't really care
Give me a pair of chains, aim the whiplash at me
The girls I'd love to share
Heavy metal, metal daze
Heavy metal, heavy metal daze
Heavy metal, heavy metal daze
Living like there's no tomorrow
Yeah, I could resist all on the edge
This is: Man you really graft it
This band: A social waste
Well, we all got arms made of metal
And our glories are no deb lock
And if I drown in a sound of metal
I'd go to shock
Heavy metal, metal daze
Heavy metal, heavy metal daze
Heavy metal, heavy metal daze
Heavy metal, heavy metal daze
Heavy metal
So mister D. J.
Play just one for me
You know the one
With the crash and the screams
'Cos only one thing
Really sets me free
Heavy metal
Loud as it can be
Heavy metal, metal daze
Heavy metal, heavy metal daze
Heavy metal, heavy metal daze
Heavy metal, heavy metal daze
Heavy metal
Loud as it can be
Mama said me status
Always come to me
Your daddy said that drink is
Is not yours for the free
You tell I'm a looser
'Cause i like em breed
But truth is in the mirror
Is one thing never seen
I sing Yeah
Long time ago
You tried to tell me son
People tried to hold on
I said no no, no no
No I don't mind them saying
Like you should be praying
For me, fast taker
Right here's where I'm staying
Life's a game I play
For peace, fast taker, fast taker, fast taker
Take it away
Only sixteen
For more than kind a girl
Old enough
For a trip around the world
Take you up when daddy
When daddy goes to sleep
Bring you back at sunday
When his possibly grandma's on T.V.
Oh yeah, he won't see me
Now do it right with music
Feat to them abuse it
All night, fast taker
Right here's where I'm staying
Life's a game I play
For peace, fast taker, fast taker, fast taker
Take it away
Mama said me status
Always come to me
Your daddy said that drink is
Is not yours for the free
You tell I'm a looser
'Cause i like em breed
But truth is in the mirror
Is one thing never seen
Long time ago
You tried to tell me son
People tried to hold on
I said no no, no no
No I don't mind them saying
Like you should be praying
For me, fast taker
Right here's where I'm staying
Life's a game I play
For peace, fast taker, fast taker, fast taker
Take it away
I don't know
Well, there's no charge for the haircut
And the bullets come free
My little samson leather set
Got a mission for me
Now I'm a ranger, not a stranger
And I live in Saigon
We got a team of special forces
And we believe in Napalm
But if they tell you that I have lost my mind
Baby it's not gone just a little hard to find
About the time this leather I'd been sold
I'd be gone, yeah gone
And if they tell you that I'm F.E.A.
Think a little less about me each day
Cause if I ever get back
I'll be shell shocked, whoa
Shell shocked, yeah
Feels funny riding in my car
Used to drive a tank and shoot a B.A.R.
I know I'm home
But I feel gone, yeah gone
Now it's over and the homeland's safe
Got a purple heart to show the world I'm brave
The business mans at home
Well I got shell shocked, whoa
Shell shocked, whoa
Shell shocked
Shell shocked
Shell shocked
We met on English ground
In a backstage room
We heard the sound
What we had to do
We called the high command
Questedly to make a stand
And in the field we grew
And we all knew
Soon the time will come
For us to fight
Destination
Now in sight
Aaah, Manowar
Born to live forever more
Right to conquer every shore
Hold your ground and give no more
Our fight will never end
So we called our party sense
To raise your hand
And take our stand
Look sharp
When duty calls
Where we march
Cities fall
And the strong survives
And take our side
Now the time has come
For us to fight
Target waiting
In our sight
Aaah, Manowar
Born to live forever more
Right to conquer every shore
Hold your ground and give no more
Aaah, Manowar
Born to live forever more
Right to conquer every shore
Aaah, Manowar
Born to live forever more
Born to live forever more
Right to conquer every shore
Aaah, Manowar
He broke the Laws of the elder
So they blocked out his eye
Took his land and fortune
Left him to die
Bound on the shoreline
Left for the tide
Sees life blood fleecing
Circling lower the vultures fly
The bones may be broken
But the spirit can't die
And the Gods sees his anguish
And give him a sign
From the floor of the ocean
The ship of the Lost souls arise
And they take him away,
Where no one sleeps when the undead cry
Where no one sleeps when the undead cry
And in the world above
The elders sing
On his land they live
Let death bell ring
He was met at the gate of Hades
At the Guardian of the Lost Souls
The Keeper of the Unavenged
And He did say to him:
"Let him not pass
Abandon
But return to the world
From where he came
And seek payment
Not only for thin own anguish
But vindicate the souls
of The Unavenged"
And they placed to his hand
A sword
Made for him
Called: Vengeance
Forged in brimstone
And tempered
By the woeful tears of the Unavenged
And to carry him upon on his journey
Back to the upper world
They brought forth
Their Demon horse
Called: Black Death
A grim steed
So fierce in might
And black in colour
That he could stand as one in darkness
Safe from his burning eyes
In crimson fire
And that night
They rode up from Hell
The pounding from his hoofs
Did clap like thunder !
Burning, death, destruction
Raping the daughters and wives
In blood I take my payment
In full with they lives
No one can escape me
On Black Death I ride
When kissed by the sword of Vengeance
Your head lays there by your side
I take the lives of all that I once knew
A torn flesh of a slow death waits for you
Burning, death, destruction
Raping the daughters and wives
In blood I take my payment
In full with they lives
I spare that land of servants
My wake is slow death
I take their wives and daughters
They stand there watching, watching
Hoping to buy their lives
But when I'm through they know they must pay
Burning, death, destruction
Raping the daughters and wives
In blood I take my payment
In full with they lives
With they lives
With they lives
With they lives
By moonlight we ride
Ten thousand side by side
With swords drawn held high
Our whips and armors shine
Hail to me
Our infantry
Still brave beyond the grave
All sworn the eternal vow
The time to strike is now
Kill, kill
Kill, kill
Kill, kill
Kill, kill
Gone are the days
When freedom shone
Now blood
And steel meet bone
In the light of the battles way
The signs of a time will shade
Half proud our soldiers stand
With mace and chain in hand
Sound the charge into glory ride
Over the top of the anguished pride
Victory, victory
Victory, victory
Victory, victory
Victory, victory
To the battle we ride
We crossed a starlit sky
No space No time
We'll catch the wind
Strange losses men died
We crossed a starlit sky
And still no space or time
We'll catch the wind
Kill, kill
Kill, kill
Kill, kill
Kill, kill
Sound the charge into glory ride
Over the top of the anguished pride
By moonlight we ride
Ten thousand side by side
Kill, kill
Kill, kill
Kill, kill
Kill, kill
