Manowar - Battle Hymns MMXI lyrics
Tracks 01. Death Tone
02. Metal Daze 03. Fast Taker 04. Shell Shock 05. Manowar 06. Dark Avenger 07. William's Tale 08. Battle Hymn 01. Death Tone Music by Joey DeMaio/Ross Friedman Lyrics by Joey DeMaio
Ridin On Two Wheels Chains Hooked On My Heels
Sittin In 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 Ah You Were Sittin Home And I Got Sent To Nam I Went To The Big House You Just Worked A Job Hear Me Comin Can't You Hear My Death Tone Hear Me Comin Can't You Hear My Death Tone Hear Me Ride On Into The Night Pull Along Side If You're Looking For A Fight Hey Hey Hey 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 Got Sent To Nam I Went To The Big House You Just Worked A Job Hear Me Comin Can't You Hear My Death Tone Hear Me Comin Can't You Hear My Death Tone Hear Me Ride On Into The Night Pull Along Side If You're Looking For A Fight Hey Hey Hey Yea Death Tone Death Tone Gonna Ride On My Death Tone Yes I Am I'm Gonna Ride On You Tonight 02. Metal Daze Music & lyrics by Joey DeMaio
I Hear The Sound In A Metal Way
I Feel The Power Rolling Off The Stage Cause Only One Thing Really Sets Me Free Heavy Metal Loud As It Can Be Yea Baby I Was Born To Play Music I Am A Man With A Screamin Guitar Well There's A Light In The Middle Of The Stage In A Minute I'll Be Wearing It All I Don't Know Another Way Of Living Baby I Don't Really Care Give Me A Pair Of Jeans And A Riff That's Mean And Girls That Love To Share Heavy Metal Metal Daze Heavy Metal Heavy Metal Daze Heavy Metal Heavy Metal Daze Living Like Theres No Tomorrow Yeah Curry Says We're All On The Edge He Says Man You're Really Graphic This Bands A Social Wedge Well We All Got Hearts Made Of Metal And Our Blood Is Hot Molten Rock And If I Don't Hear The Sound Of Metal I Go Into Shock Heavy Metal Metal Daze Heavy Metal Heavy Metal Daze Heavy Metal Heavy Metal Heavy Metal Daze Heavy Metal So Mister D. J. Play Just One For Me You Know The One With The Crashin And The Screams Cause 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 Loud As It Can Be 03. Fast Taker Music by Joey DeMaio/Ross Friedman Lyrics by Joey DeMaio
Mama's Having Problems Always Comes To Me
Your Daddy's Been A Drinker Since 1943 They Tell You I'm A Loser Cause I Like Bein Free The Truth Is In The Mirror Its What They Never See I Said Yeah A Long Time Ago They Tried To Tell Me Son Keep Our Daughter Home I Said No No Now I Don't Mind Them Saying That You Should Be Praying For Me A Fast Taker Right Here's Where I'm Staying Life's A Game I Play For Keeps Ah Fast Taker Bed Breaker Love Maker Take It Away Yea Only Sixteen A Woman Not A Girl Old Enough For A Trip Around The World Pick You Up On Friday When Your Daddy Goes To Sleep Bring You Back On Sunday When He's Watching Billy Grahm On TV Oh Yeah He Won't See Me Now Do It Right With The Music Then You'll Learn How To Use It All Right A Fast Taker Right Here's Where I'm Staying Life's A Game I Play for Keeps Ah Fast Taker Bed Breaker Love Maker Take It Away Mama's Having Problems Always Comes To Me Your Daddy's Been A Drinker Since 1943 They Tell You I'm A Loser Cause I Like Bein Free The Truth Is In The Mirror Its What They Never See A Long Time Ago They Tried To Tell Me Son Keep Our Daughter Home I Said No No No No Now I Don't Mind Them Saying That You Should Be Praying For Me Yea A Fast Taker Right Here's Where I'm Staying Life's A Game I Play for Keeps Ah Fast Taker Bed Breaker Love Maker Take It Away 04. Shell Shock Music by Joey DeMaio/Ross Friedman Lyrics by Joey DeMaio
I Got It
Well There's No Charge For The Haircut And The Bullets Come Free My Uncle Sam Sent A Letter Said Got A Mission For Me Now I'm A Ranger Not A Stranger And I Live In Saigon We've Got A Team Of Special Forces And We Deliver Napalm But If They Tell You That I've Lost My Mind Baby It's Not Gone Just A Little Hard To Find By The Time This Letter Gets Home I'll Be Gone Gone Yeah Gone And If They Tell You That I'm M.I.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 Ridin In My Car Used To Drive A Tank And Shoot A B.A.R. I Know I'm Home But I Feel Gone Gone Yeah Gone Now It's Over And The Homelands Safe Got A Purple Heart To Show The World I'm Brave The Business Man Sat Home While I Got Shell Shocked Whoa Shell Shocked 05. Manowar Music by Joey DeMaio/Ross Friedman Lyrics by Joey DeMaio
We Met On English Ground
In A Backstage Room We Heard The Sound And We All Knew What We Had To Do We Called The High Command Requested Leave To Make A Stand And In The Field We Grew And We All Knew Soon The Time Would Come For Us To Fight Destination Now In Sight Oh MANOWAR Born To Live Forever More The Right To Conquer Every Shore Hold Your Ground And Give No More Our Fight Will Never End So We Call On Partisans To Raise Your Hands And Take Our Stand Look Sharp When Duty Calls Where We March Cities Fall And The Strong Survive And Take Our Side Now The Time Has Come For Us To Fight Target Waiting In Our Sights Oh MANOWAR Born To Live Forever More The Right To Conquer Every Shore Hold Your Ground And Give No More MANOWAR Born To Live Forever More The Right To Conquer Every Shore MANOWAR Born To Live Forever More MANOWAR Born To Live Forever More The Right To Conquer Every Shore Hold Your Ground And Give No More Born To Live Forever More The Right To Conquer Every Shore MANOWAR 06. Dark Avenger Music by Joey DeMaio/Ross Friedman Lyrics by Joey DeMaio
He Broke The Laws Of The Elders
So They Plucked Out His Eye Took His Land And Fortune Left Him To Die Bound On The Shoreline Left For The Tide Sees His Life Blood Leaving Circling Lower The Vultures Fly These Bones May Be Broken But The Spirit Can't Die And The Gods See His Anguish And Give Him A Sign From The Floor Of The Ocean The Ship Of The Lost Souls Rise And They Take Him Where No One Sleeps While The Undead Cry Where No One Sleeps While The Undead Cry And In The World Above The Elders Sing On His Land They Live Let Deaths Bell Ring He Was Met At The Gate Of Hades By The Guardian Of The Lost Souls The Keeper Of The Unavenged And He Did Say To Him Let Ye Not Pass Abbadon Return To The World From Whence Ye Came And Seek Payment Not Only For Thine Own Anguish But Vindicate Souls Of The Unavenged And They Placed In 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 Up On His Journey Back To The Upper World They Brought Forth Their Demon Horse Called Black Death A Grim Steed So Fearsome In Might And Black In Color That He Could Stand As One With The Darkness Save For His Burning Eyes Of Crimson Fire And On That Night They Rode Up From Hell The Pounding Of His Hooves Did Clap Like Thunder Burning Death Destruction Raping Their Daughters And Wives In Blood I Take My Payment In Full With Their 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 The Torn Flesh Of A Slow Death Wait For You Burning Death Destruction Raping Their Daughters And Wives In Blood I Take My Payment In Full With Their Lives I Spare Not Land Or Servants My Wake Is Smoke And Flame I Take Their Wives And Daughters They Stand There Watching Hoping To Gain Their Lives But When I'm Through They Know That They Must Pay Burning Death Destruction Raping Their Daughters And Wives In Blood I Take My Payment In Full With They Lives With Their Lives 07. William's Tale Music by Rossini/Arranged by Joey DeMaio
Instrumental
08. Battle Hymn Music & lyrics by Joey DeMaio
By Moonlight We Ride
Ten Thousand Side By Side With Swords Drawn Held High Our Whips And Armor Shine Hail To Thee Our Infantry Still Brave Beyond The Grave All Sworn The Eternal Vow The Time To Strike Is Now Kill Kill Gone Are The Days When Freedom Shone Now Blood And Steel Meet Bone In The Light Of The Battle's Wake The Sands Of Time Will Shake How Proud Our Soldiers Stand With Mace And Chain In Hand Sound The Charge Into Glory Ride Over The Top Of Their Vanquished Pride 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 And Time We'll Catch The Wind Kill Kill Sound The Charge Into Glory Ride Over The Top Of Their Vanquished Pride By Moonlight We Ride Ten Thousand Side By Side Kill Kill |