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Megadeth – Dawn Patrol (1990) | Track profile | Dork

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Rust in Peace
Dawn Patrol

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Dawn Patrol

Release date: 24th September 1990

From Rust in Peace

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About This Track

"Dawn Patrol" is a track by Megadeth, from the album Rust in Peace, released 24th September 1990. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

Dawn Patrol

[Verse 1]

Thermal count is rising in perpetual writhing

The primordial ooze and the sanity they lose

Awakened in the morning to more air pollution warnings

Still we sleepwalk off to work while our n-n-n-nervous systems jerk

[Verse 2]

Pretending not to notice how history had forebode us

With the greenhouse in effect, our environment was wrecked

Now I can only laugh as I read our epitaph

We end our lives as moles in the dark of dawn patrol

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Track details

From Rust in Peace

1990

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Writer: Dave Mustaine, David Ellefson
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Bass: David Ellefson
Drums: Nick Menza
Assistant Recording Engineer: Andy Udoff
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Lead Vocals: Dave Mustaine
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