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Original Prose by Johnny Allen

MEGADETH TEE

Holes began appearing in my socks
I spotted one in my sweater
At the elbow
And I thought
I’m getting older now

Am I too old to wear this Megadeth tee?
How could anyone
After all these years
Still like me?

As my memory goes,
I tell the same jokes
Forget different parts
Of tired anecdotes
And wonder is it true
That everyone’s gotta learn sometime?

Hair grows, hearts beat,
Hang your cloak on the peg
In the vestibule outside
Where the cult of romance meets.

What does the cult teach?
Make love every day.
Hurt from longing.
And keep your love just out of reach.

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I cleaned the floors
In your used car
For your date night
With your high school sweetheart
I had a dog, a borrowed jacket
Covered in fur, interwoven
Just a kid on Doolittle Lane
I sang angry angry again

Is it not cool to wear this MEGADETH tee?
And how could anyone love me?
Is it not cool to wear this MEGADETH tee?

We were in love
But we were a mess
We had a dog
But we were manic depressed
I punched through a wall
I cried on the phone
I moved to New York
Low and alone
The last one riding the L train
I sang angry angry again

Is it not cool to wear this MEGADETH tee?
And how could anyone love me?
Is it not cool to wear this MEGADETH tee?
And how could anyone love me?

And along the road
All the dogs have died
They're here then they're gone
All the dogs have died
They were all friends
They were good friends of mine
And all of their bodies left behind

Wherever you go
Whenever you die
If you believe in the lord
They say your soul stays alive
In a palace or shack
But I don't really care
If I can't see my friends
Then I don't want to live there
The last one to leave Heaven's Gate
I'll sing angry angry again

Is it not cool to wear this MEGADETH tee?
And how could anyone love me?
Is it not cool to wear this MEGADETH tee?
And how could anyone love me?
All the dogs have died
And how could anyone love me?
All the dogs have died
And how could anyone love me?
All the dogs have died
And how could anyone love me?

How could anyone love me?