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What It Takes

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Page type: lyric reference Artist: Overkill Canonical path: /overkill/what-it-takes Related lyric paths: 6
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What It Takes

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Train-train burning like a absolute,

Drunk with the love of the fire

Brain-brain burning and the leather boot.

Kicking like he never gets tired...

I saw the coming of the faster than light speed,

Burning track, conventional fool

Wham-crack-bam-slap

Far out of sight speed,

Hammered like a kicking mule

Here we come now, here we go

Need you now, no mistakes

Stand up tall and give me,

What it takes

Hit the ground running,

I was faster than the light speed

Burning before my feet hit the floor

Damn machine gunning

Kept me far out of sight feed,

Pull the shades and lock all the

1-2-3-Door

I saw the coming-coming, into the void

And I was drunk with the love of the fire

Was a knock-down, drag-out

Never fail me boots

I was kicking like I never get

1-2-3-More

Need you now, no mistakes

Stand up tall and give me,

What it takes

Need you now, I'm not afraid

Stand up straight and kick me

If that's what it takes

Little hot, a little cold

A little young is growing old

A little prick, a little bold,

Never did what he was told

I'll tell ya why you're feeling bad,

A little played, a little sad

A little more you never had,

A little sane is going mad

Seems you had enough of me,

Enough or more eternity

I'll tell you what I'm going to be,

I'm going to be your misery

And when you feel you're going to break,

Say your prayers for goodness sake

We're going to see what you can take,

We're going to see now what it takes

Count it as you did before, count it out 2-2-3-4

Count it when you're going to break

Count it out it's what it takes

Count it when you're feeling bad,

Count it when you're going mad

Count on me for goodness sake,

Count on it and what it takes

What it takes

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