Manowar - Battle Hymns (1982) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Adams - Lead Vocals Ross The Boss - Guitars, Keyboards Joey DeMaio - 4/8-String Bass, Bass Pedal Donnie Hamzik - Drums, Percussion Produced by Ross The Boss and Joey DeMaio. Engineered by Joe Foglia, Assisted by Jim Sessody. Recorded at Criteria Recording Studio, Miami, Florida. Mixed at the Record Plant Recording, New York City by Jon Mathias. Assisted by John Agnello. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Death Tone (DeMaio) 4:48 2) Metal Daze (DeMaio) 4:18 3) Fast Taker (DeMaio) 3:56 4) Shell Shock (DeMaio) 4:04 5) Manowar (DeMaio) 3:35 6) Dark Avenger (DeMaio) 6:20 7) William's Tale (DeMaio) 1:52 8) Battle Hymns (DeMaio) 6:55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Death Tone (DeMaio) 4:48 Ridin' on to wheels Chainsuit 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' home And I got sent to Nam I went to the big house You just worked at job 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, yeah! 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 Death tone Death tone Gonna ride on my death tone Yes I am I'm gonna ride on you baby! Oh! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Metal Daze (DeMaio) 4:18 I hear the sound In a metal way I feel the power Rolling on the stage 'Cause 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 screaming guitar There's a light in a 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 chains, 'im the whiplash at me The girls I'd love to share Heavy metal, metal daze Heavy metal, heavy metal daze (2) Living like there's no tomorrow Yeah, I could resist we're 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 deblock And if I don't hear the sound of metal I go into shock! So mister D.J. Play just one for me You know the one With the crushin' and the screams 'Cause only one thing Really sets me free Heavy metal Loud as it can be ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Fast Taker (DeMaio) 3:56 Mama is having troubles It always comes from me Your daddy said that drink is Is not yours for the free They tell you I'm a loser 'Cause I like see '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 That you should be praying For me, fast taker Right here's where I'm staying Life's a game I play For keeps, fast taker, fast taker, fast taker Take it away Only sixteen For more than not a girl Old enough For a trip around the world Pick you up on Friday When daddy goes to sleep Bring you back on Sunday When he's watching "Merry Grandma" on T. V. Oh yeah, he won't see me Now do it right with music Then you learn how to 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 is having troubles It always comes from me Your daddy said that drink is Is not yours for the free They tell you I'm a loser 'Cause I like see '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 That you should be praying For me, fast taker Right here's where I'm staying Life's a game I play For keeps, fast taker, fast taker, fast taker Take it away ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Shell Shock (DeMaio) 4:04 I don't know Well there's no charge for the haircut And the bullets come free My Uncle Sam send a letter said: He's 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 About the time this letter gets home I'd be gone, gone, yeah gone And if they tell you that I'm F.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 riding 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 homeland's safe Got a purple heart to show the world I'm brave The businessman sat home Well I got shell shocked, whoa Shell shocked, whoa Shell shock (3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Manowar (DeMaio) 3:35 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 Questedly 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 Aaah, 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 called your party sense 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 sight Aaah, 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) Dark Avenger (DeMaio) 3:35 He broke the laws of the elders So they blocked out his eye Took his land and fortune Left him to die Bound on the shoreline Left for the tide Seizes life, blood leaving... Circling lower, the vultures fly His 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 death bell ring Narration: 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 you not pass Abandon Return to the world From once you came And seek payment Not only for thy known anguish But vindicate the souls Of the Unavenged" And they placed in his hands A sword Made for him Called: Vengeance Forged in brimstone And tempered By the Wolf in 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 fiercely might And black in colour That he could stand as one: Darkness... Save from his burning eyes Of grimes and fire And on that night They rode up from Hell The pounding of his hooves Did clap like thunder! 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 waits for you I spare that land of servants My wake is slow dead there I take their wives and daughters They stand there watching, watching Hoping to get my life But when I'm through they know they must pay ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) William's Tale (DeMaio) 1:52 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) Battle Hymns (DeMaio) 6:55 By moonlight we ride Ten thousands side by side With swords drawn held high Our whips and armours shine Hail to thee our infantry Still brave beyond the grave All sworn the eternal vow The time to strike is now Kill, Kill, Oh! Gone are the days when freedom shone Now blood and steel meet bone In the light of the battle's way The sands of time will shade How proud our soldiers stand With mace and chain in hand Sound of charge into glory ride Over the top of the vanquished pride Victory, Victory, Oh! 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, Oh! Sound of charge into glory ride Over the top of the vanquished pride By moonlight we ride Ten thousands side by side Kill, Kill, Oh! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HAIL AND KILL! DEATH TO FALSE METAL! MANOWAR RIDES AGAIN!