44 Minutes

[Intro]

"73-43 requesting assistance, we have 2-11 in progress at the Bank of America, we have shots fired"

"One or two officers need help, B of A"

"Suspects are leaving the bank, do not approach the bank"

"Shots are being fired from AK-47, there is an officer down"

"We are all pinned down by automatic gunfire"

[Verse 1]

It was a cool winter's morning

Somewhere shortly past 9:00 AM

The armored car they wanted to heist wasn't coming

So instead, they went for the bank

The fateful duo that sat in the getaway car

Heavily sedated with thousands of rounds

Armor piercing, fully automatic weapons

The bowls of wrath poured out on the ground

[Chorus]

Baptized in a firefight

Hot blood running cold as ice

44 Minutes of target practice

All Hell's breaking loose

Outgunned, watching "The Force" come to a firefight

With a pocketknife

Getting schooled until they shot Achilles' heel

And brought down the beast

[Guitar Solo: Chris Broderick]

[Verse 2]

This was an accident waiting to happen

It wasn't "if it would happen", it was "when"

The city's people sabotaged themselves

Calling their firepower an unneeded expense

The two most violent men it seemed couldn't be stopped

Standard police issue guns were just not enough

But SWAT arrived and settled the fight

Between AK-47 and AR-15

[Chorus]

Baptized in a firefight

Hot blood running cold as ice

44 Minutes of target practice

All Hell's breaking loose

Outgunned, watching "The Force" come to a firefight

With a pocketknife

Getting schooled until they shot Achilles' heel

And brought down the beast

[Guitar Solo: Chris Broderick]

[Guitar Solo: Dave Mustaine]

[Guitar Solo: Chris Broderick]

[Chorus]

Baptized in a firefight

Hot blood running cold as ice

44 Minutes of target practice

All Hell's breaking loose

Outgunned, watching "The Force" come to a firefight

With a pocketknife

Getting schooled until they shot Achilles' heel

And brought down the beast

[Guitar Solo: Chris Broderick]