Expendable Youth

Album: Seasons In The Abyss (1990)
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  • Gun down cold on a raw deal
    Home turf my battlefield
    In no one's way caught in a crossfire
    Stray bullets can kill

    [Chorus]
    Expendable youths
    Fighting for possession
    Having control the principle obsession
    Rivalry and retribution
    Death the only solution

    Inured soul lies on the ground
    Head blown off face down
    Lying in a pool of blood
    An accidental death homicide

    [Chorus]

    Struggling to survive
    The drug induced warfare
    To have control and principle obsession
    Expendable youth fighting for possession
    Violence is only a friend

    [Chorus] Writer/s: KERRY KING, TOMAS ENRIQUE ARAYA
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Rich from Las Vegas, NvSlaaaaayyyyer!!!! Seasons In The Abyss is my fave Slayer album, Lombardo is the metal drum god...too bad these guys had a nightmare business relationship. Miss you Dave! Ill go see ya with ST !
  • Matt from Cleveland, TnJust like disposable heroes by metallica
  • Tom from Philly, Pathis song is about sending young teens to war, expending our young citizens
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