Megadeth

Released: March 19, 2002

Songwriter: Dave Mustaine

Producer: Dave Mustaine Bill Kennedy

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
Imagine you were at my station
And you brought your motor to me
You're a burner, yeah, a real motor car

[Pre-Chorus]
Said you wanna get your order filled
Made me shiver when I put it in
Pumping just won't do, y'know, lucky for you

[Chorus]
Whoever thought you'd be better
At turning a screw than me?
I do it for my life
Made my drive shaft crank, made my pistons bulge
Made my ball bearings melt from the heat
Oh, yeah-yeah!

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]
We were shifting gears hard when we took off
Put tonight all four on the floor
When we hit top end, you know it feels too slow

[Pre-Chorus]
Said you wanna get your order filled
Made me shiver when I put it in
Pumping just won't do, y'know, lucky for you

[Chorus]
Whoever thought you'd be better
At turning a screw than me?
I do it for my life
Made my drive shaft crank, made my pistons bulge
Made my ball bearings melt from the heat
Oh, yeah-yeah!

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
I'm giving you my room service
And you know it's more than enough
Oh, one more time, you know I'm in love

[Pre-Chorus]
Said you wanna get your order filled
Made me shiver when I put it in
Pumping just won't do, y'know, lucky for you

[Chorus]
Whoever thought you'd be better
At turning a screw than me?
I do it for my life; fuck yeah!
Made my drive shaft crank, made my pistons bulge
Made my ball bearings melt from the heat
Oh, yeah-yeah!

[Instrumental Outro]

After being kicked out of Metallica, Dave Mustaine decided to form a Thrash Metal band that not only rivaled his former band, but played faster, more technical Metal. Along with bassist David ‘Junior’ Ellefson and a revolving door of guitarists and drummers, Mustaine set the world afire as Megadeth became known as the world’s state-of-the-art Speed Metal band throughout the 80s and the early 90s. One of the Big Four of Thrash Metal, Megadeth remains one of Metal’s most popular acts today.

However, Dave Mustaine’s fledgling band got off to a shaky start. Initially unable to find like-minded individuals, it was not until an altercation with his (underage) downstairs neighbours Dave Ellefson and Greg Handevidt, that led to him buying them beer and forming the first incarnation of the band with drummer Dijon Carruthers in 1983.

The band was named after a political pamphlet that referred to a “megadeath” (one million deaths by nuclear explosion):

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