BACK IN THE DAY      						                  
(by D. Mustaine)

Where were you when it happened?   Where could you be found?
Were you at the front of the stage,   or in the underground?
From S.F. out to Old Bridge,   New York back to L.A.,
the world of metal changed forever   back in the day!

Well that was back in the day   and if you weren't there,
it doesn't matter anyway,   because you wouldn't understand...

Live to die and die to play,   every day and place,
leave a path of metal across the world from stage to stage.

Well that was back in the day   and if you weren't there,
it doesn't matter anyway,   because you wouldn't understand...

In denim   and leather,   we were all part of one force,
knocked Rock and Roll on its ass   and put Metal on the course!

Higher!   Higher!   Higher!   Higher!   

Back in the day,   you weren't there,   
it doesn't mater,   because you wouldn't understand...

This is our way of life,   a life that was born free:
to follow orders how to live,   was never meant to be!
...Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh...

Peals of thunder, sheets of lighting,   the power hits the stage:
the music was exciting,   the mania raged!
...Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh...

We all had the fever,   our ears started to ring:
feeding this wildfire,   consuming everything!
...Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh...

Metal's King back then   and still is this today:
others imitate or challenge,   but it never goes away!
...Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh...