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PANTERA LYRICS
"The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond The Great Southern Cowboys Vulgar Hits" (2003 Best of/Compilation)
1. Cowboys From Hell (CFH)
2. Cemetary Gates (CFH)
3. Walk (VDOP)
4. Mouth for War (VDOP)
5. This Love (VDOP)
6. I'm Broken (FBD)
7. Becoming (FBD)
8. 5 Minutes Alone (FBD)
9. Planet Caravan (FBD) (Black Sabbath Cover)
10. Drag The Waters (TGSTK)
11. Where You Come From (L101P)
12. Cat Scratch Fever (Detroit Rock City) (Ted Nugent Cover)
13. I'll Cast A Shadow (RTS)
14. Goddamn Electric (RTS)
15. Revolution is My Name (RTS)
16. Hole in The Sky (From The Extreme Steel Plus Promo Single) (Black Sabbath cover)
1. Cowboys From Hell (CFH)
Under the lights where we stand tall
Nobody touches us at all
Showdown, shootout, spread fear within, without
We're gonna take what's ours to have
Spread the word throughout the land
They say the bad guys wear black
We're tagged and can't turn back
You see us comin'
And you all together run for cover
We're takin over this town
Here we come reach for your gun
And you better listen my friend, you see
It's been slow down below,
Aimed at you we're the cowboys from hell
Deed is done again, we've won
Ain't talking no tall tales friend
'Cause high noon, your doom
Comin' for you we're the cowboys from hell
Pillage the village, trash the scene
But better not take it out on me
'Cause a ghost town is found
Where your city used to be
So out of the darkness and into the light
Sparks fly everywhere in sight
From my double barrel, 12 gauge,
Can't lock me in your cage
You see us comin'
And you all together run for cover
We're takin over this town
Here we come reach for your gun
And you better listen my friend, you see
It's been slow down below,
Aimed at you we're the cowboys from hell
Deed is done again, we've won
Ain't talking no tall tales friend
'Cause high noon, your doom
Comin' for you we're the cowboys from hell
2. Cemetary Gates (CFH)
Reverend reverend is this some conspiracy?
Crucified for no sins
An image beneath me
Whats within our plans for life
It all seems so unreal
I'm a man couldnt have feel this world
Left in my misery...
The reverend he turned to me
Without a tear in his eyes
It's nothing new for him to see
I didn't ask him why
I will remember
The love our souls had
Sworn to make
Now I watch the falling rain
All my mind can see
Now is your (face)
Well I guess
You took my youth
I gave it all away
Like the birth of a
New-found joy
This love would end in rage
And when she died
I couldn't cry
The pride within my soul
You left me incomplete
Memories now unfold.
Believe the word
I will unlock my door
And pass the
Cemetery gates
Sometimes when I'm alone
I wonder aloud
If you're watching over me
Some place far abound
I must reverse my life
I can't live in the past
Then set my soul free
Belong to me at last
Through all those
Complex years
I thought I was alone
I didn't care to look around
And make this world my own
And when she died
I should've cried and spared myself some pain...
Left me incomplete
All alone as the memories still remain
The way we were
The chance to save my soul
And my concern is now in vain
Believe the word
I will unlock my door
And pass the cemetery gates
3. Walk (VDOP)
Can't you see I'm easily bothered by persistence
One step from lashing out at you...
You want in to get under my skin And call yourself a friend
I've got more friends like you What do I do?
(Pre) Is there no standard anymore?
What it takes, who I am, where I've been Belong
You can't be something you're not
Be yourself, by yourself Stay away from me
A lesson learned in life Known from the dawn of time
(Chorus) Respect, walk
Run your mouth when I'm not around It's easy to achieve
You cry to weak friends that sympathize
Can you hear the violins playing you song?
Those same friends tell me your every word
(Pre) (Chorus) Are you talking to me? No way punk
4. Mouth for War (VDOP)
Revenge
I'm screaming revenge again
Wrong I've been wrong for far too long
Been constantly so frustrated I've moved mountains with less
When I channel my hate to productive
I don't find it hard to impress
Bones in traction Hands break to hone raw energy
Bold and disastrous My ears can't hear what you say to me
Hold your mouth for the war
Use it for what it's for
Speak the truth about me
Determined
Possessed
I feel a conquering will down inside me
Strength
The strength of many to crush who might stop me
My strength is in number and my soul lies in every one
The releasing of anger can better any medicine under the sun
Bones in traction Hands break to hone raw energy
Bold and disastrous My ears can't hear what you say to me
Hold your mouth for the war
Use it for what it's for
Speak the truth about me
Determined
There comes a time within everyone
to close your eyes to what's real
No comprehension to fail I vacuum the wind for my sail
Can't be the rest Let others waste my time
Owning success is the bottom line.
Like a knife into flesh After life is to death
Pulling and punching the rest of duration
NO ONE can piss on this determination
5. This Love (VDOP)
If ever words were spoken Painful and untrue
I said I loved but I lied
In my life All I wanted Was the keeping Of someone like you
As it turns out Deeper within me Love was twisted and pointed at you
Never ending pain, quickly ending life
(Chorus) You keep this love, thing, child, toy
You keep this love, fist, scar, break
You keep this love
I'd been the tempting one Stole her from herself
This gift in pain Her pain was life
And sometimes I feel so sorry I regret this the hurting of you
But you make me so unhappy
I'd take my life and leave love with you
I'd kill myself for you,
I'd kill you for myself
(Chorus) No more head trips
6. I'm Broken (FBD)
I wonder if we'll smile in our coffins while loved ones
Mourn the day, the absence of our faces, living, laughing,
Eyes awake. Is this too much for them to take?
Too young for ones conclusion, the lifestyle won.
Such values you taught your son. That's how.
Look at me now. I'm broken.
Inherit my life.
One day we all will die, a cliched fact of life. Force fed
To make us heed. Inbred to sponge our bleed. Every
Warning, a leaking rubber, a poison apple for mingled
Blood. Too young for ones delusion the lifestyle cost
Venereal Mother embrace the los$. That's how
Look at you now. You're broken
Inherit your life.
7. Becoming (FBD)
A long time ago I never knew myself. Then the memory
Of shame birthed its gift.
No more. The small one, the weak one, the frightened one.
Running from beatings, deflating. I'm becoming more
Than a man. More than you ever were. Driven and burning
To rise beyond Jesus.
I'm born again with snakes eyes
Becoming Godsize
I found my life was slipping through my hands. Perhaps
Through death my life won't be so bad.
I can see you, can fuck you, inside of you. Staring through
Your eyes. Belittle your friends to serve me, to suck me,
To realize my saving grasp. I of suicide. I the unlord.
I'm born again with snakes eyes
Becoming Godsize
8. 5 Minutes Alone (FBD)
I see you had your mind all made up you group of
Pitiful liars. Before I woke to face the day, your master
Plan transpired. -Something told me- this job had more to
Meet the eye. My song is not believed? My words some-
What deceiving? Now I'm unwhole.
You've waged a war of nerves
But you can't crush the kingdom
Can't be what your idols are. Can't leave the scar.
You cry for compensation. I ask you please just give us...
5 minutes alone
I read your eyes, your mind was made up. You took me for
A fool. You used complexion of my skin for a counter
Rascist tool. -You can't burn me- I've spilled my guts out
In the past. Taken advantage of because you know where
I've come. My past.
You've waged a war of nerves
But you can't crush the kingdom
Can't be what your idols are. Can't leave the scar.
You cry for compensation. I ask you please just give us...
5 minutes alone
9. Planet Caravan (FBD) (Black Sabbath Cover)
We sail through endless skies
stars shine like eyes
the black night sighs
The moon in silver trees
falls down in tears
light of the night
The earth, a purple blaze
of sapphire haze
in orbit always
While down below the trees
bathed in cool breeze
silver starlight breaks down the night
And so we pass on by the crimson eye
of great god Mars
as we travel the universe
10. Drag The Waters (TGSTK)
A smack on the wrists is the words from the mouth
of the outsiders, lawyers, police
A small price to pay for the dope and the guns
and the rape, it should all be O.K.
Your father is rich, he's the judge, he's the man,
he's the God that got your sentence reduced
But in the back of his mind, he well knows what
he'd find if he looked a little deeper in you - in you
Drag the waters some more
Like never before
Sweet is the slice and the lips - you're gonna have that woman -
she is your favorite lay
Promised you (swore) that no one had been there,
and she was going to keep it that way
Let it move in, you got thin, and got high, and
your money went and so did your friends
But she's by your side, and her smile cannot hide
the premonition of the beckoning end - the end
Drag the waters some more
Like never before
In with it, out with it
11. Where You Come From (L101P)
It's strange to be around again
Can't kill (the) bastard in the skies
I was asking for it all,
Being dragged down the road
Call it wisdom or ignorance
(chr)
But it's still alive
And it's in me now
And it lives and breathes
(but),...
...I can't give a fuck
I've got a big mouth
And there's a lot to learn
From a bottle of whiskey
It's where you come from
(The South)
A remedy to the curse
On harder wares control
Look at what's around
But I just can't lie around
Feeling sorry for myself
(chr)...
...I could care less
I've got a big mouth
And there's a lot to learn
From weed and whiskey
It's where you come from
(Solo)
I fell in front of my friends
I dropped out in front of the world
You call that supernatural?
It ain't
I've got a big mouth
And there's a lot to learn
From a bottle and whiskey
It's where you come from
Black wings will weather your flight
For some there's no second time
Following paths of your life
I stepped off the mountain to (the) sky
Watch your ass no(w)
It's where you come from
It's where you come from
12. Cat Scratch Fever (Detroit Rock City) (Ted Nugent Cover)
Well, I don't know where they come from, but they sure do come
I hope they're comin' for me
And I don't know how they do it, but they sure do it good
I hope they're doin' it for free
They give me cat scratch fever
Cat scratch fever
Well, the first time that I got it I was just 10 years old
I got it from some kitty next door
I went to see the doctor and he gave me the cure
I think I got it some more
They give me cat scratch fever
Cat scratch fever
I got it bad, scratch fever
Cat scratch fever
It's nothing dangerous, I feel no pain - I've got to change
You know you got it when you're goin' insane
It makes a grown man cry, cry - Oh, won't you make my bed?
Well, I make a pussy purr with the stroke of my hand
They know they're gettin' it from me
And they know just where to go when they need their lovin' man
They know I'm doin' it for free
I give 'em cat scratch fever
Cat scratch fever
They got it bad, scratch fever
Cat scratch
13. I'll Cast A Shadow (RTS)
The end will crush the light
And sends a message, It won't please
The naked eye
Without and end there is no light
To foretell, to blind you
The law of the claw reigns on and after still
(Chorus)
When I die, I cast a shadow
And I'll rise, I cast a shadow
I'm leaving more eyes open
I close up both of mine
For the ones that chase my life
They're looking over shoulders
Let paranoia in
Spontaneously rule them
(Chorus) When I die, I cast a shadow
And I'll fly, I cast a shadow
Everybody get fucking up!
I cast a shadow...
I... I cast a shadow
I cast a shadow...
I... I cast a shadow
(Chorus)
When I die, I cast a shadow
And I'll rise, I cast a shadow
14. Goddamn Electric (RTS)
There is a part of me that's always sixteen
I've found the secret of eternal youth
Some get high on life or money, but there's an
Escape, drop out of the race.
- To walk through the world by ones self, you can't be
Protected... your trust is in whiskey and weed and
Black Sabbath - It's Goddamn Electric
(Chorus)
Don't waste your time, embrace it
And then you'll know yourself
The change in you is Goddamn Electric
The weight of the world has lifted and parted
My eyes roll blind to sights that distracted
Through tunnel-vision and dope-hair blinders
I'll cut a path and evoke my will
- To walk through the world by ones self, you can't
Be protected... your trust is in whiskey and weed
And Slayer, it's Goddamn Electric
(Chorus)
Don't fake your life - inhale it
And then you'll know yourself
The change in you is Goddamn Electric
Don't waste your time, embrace it
Annd then you'll know yourself
The change that is Goddamn Electric will focus
The Mind's Eye...
One hand on the bottle, the other a shaking
Fist, rejuvinated, isolated, no pressure
From the outside, my sight's Goddamn Electric
And these eyes have seen a world
Goddamn Electric system...
(1st Chorus)
Goddamn Electric...
15. Revolution is My Name (RTS)
68' into the world born
And the Seventies, a breath after the war
Life was confusing because of my age
Should my eyes open for tomorrow’s gains?
I can't help the way I am
There's no trust and there's no end
What is my name?
(Chorus)
It will never change
So here it stays
Forever is my name
From now on, can't look the other way
Keep in mind and listen to what I say
Take under wing all the ones who are lost
Build up around them an infinite wall
Don't you know just who I am?
Take the hand of wisdom's friend
What is my name?
(Chorus)
It's time to change
It can't stay the same
Revolution is my name
It will never change
So here it stays
Forever is my name
What is my name? (x4)
Forever...
What is my name? (x4)
Revolution...
(2nd Chorus)
16. Hole in The Sky (From The Extreme Steel Plus Promo Single) (Black Sabbath cover)
I'm looking through a hole in the sky
I'm seeing nowhere through the eyes of a lie
I'm getting closer to the end of the line
I'm living easy where the sun doesn't shine
I'm living in a room without any view
I'm living free because the rent's never due
The synonyms of all the things that I've said
Are just the riddles that are built in my head
Hole in the sky, take me to heaven
Window in time, through it I fly
I've seen the stars disappear in the sun
The shooting's easy if you've got the right gun
And even though I'm sitting waiting for Mars
I don't believe there's any future in cars
Hole in the sky, take me to heaven
Window in time, through it I fly
Yeah
I've watched the dogs of war enjoying their feast
I've seen the western world go down in the east
The food of love became the greed of our time
But now I'm living on the profits of pride
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