These Boots
Megadeth
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You keep saying you got something for me Something you call love, but I call sex You've been kissing when you ought-a-be-a Screwing and now someone else can Kiss your ass These boots are made for walking that's just what they'll do And one of these days these boots Are gonna walk all over you You keep lying and there ain't no believing And you keep stayin' when you ought-a-be-a leaving Now what's right is right but you ain't been Right yet These boots You keep dressin' ways you shouldn't Be dressing And you keep thinking that you'll never Get burned ha! I just found me a brand new Box Spring Mattress What you know bitch you got a lot ta learn These boots, are you ready boots And you think I'm kiddin', don'tchya!
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Written by: Dave Mustaine
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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8 facts about this song
Genre Classification"These Boots" by Megadeth is a heavy metal song that is part of their album "Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!"
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Classic HitThe song is a cover of the énorme hit "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" which was originally written by Lee Hazlewood and recorded by Nancy Sinatra in 1966.
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Release Year"These Boots" was released in 1985 as part of Megadeth's debut album.
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Lyrics ChangeThe lyrics of "These Boots" were slightly changed to make it fit more with the heavy metal genre and the band's style. It included more violent language.
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Lawsuit Over the SongLee Hazlewood, the original song's composer, deemed the new version of the song a "perversion of the original" due to the changed lyrics and demanded the song to be removed from the album. As a result, the song was removed from pressings during 1995-2002.
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Re-releaseIn the 2002 re-release of the album, "These Boots" was included again, but the altered lyrics were bleeped out.
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Final RemixIn the 2018 remix and remastered edition of the album, the song was finally restored in its reinterpreted full length without any bleeps.
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Band LineupThe lineup of the band during the recording of "These Boots" included Dave Mustaine on vocals and guitar, Chris Poland on guitar, David Ellefson on bass, and Gar Samuelson on drums.
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