These Boots
Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!
1985
Duration: 3:40
Track number: 4
Writers
Lyrics by: Lee Hazlewood
Music by: Lee Hazlewood
Theme
A cover of the Nancy Sinatra song, this track is a classic warning from a woman to her cheating lover. The 'boots' symbolize her independence and the revenge she plans to exact, threatening to 'walk all over' him. Mustaine’s rendition is aggressive and metal-infused.
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You keep saying you got something for me
Something you call love, but confess
You've been messin' where you shouldn't have been messin'
And now someone else is getting all your best
[Chorus]
**These boots are made for walkin'**
And that's just what they'll do
One of these days **these boots are gonna walk all over you**
[Verse 2]
You keep lyin' when you oughta be truthin'
And you keep losin' when you oughta not bet
You keep samin' when you oughta be changin'
Now what's right is right, but you ain't been right yet
[Chorus]
**These boots are made for walkin'**
And that's just what they'll do
One of these days **these boots are gonna walk all over you**
[Verse 3]
You keep playin' where you shouldn't be playin'
And you keep thinkin' that you'll never get burnt, ha!
I just found me a brand new box of matches, yeah
And what he knows you ain't had time to learn
[Outro]
**These boots are made for walkin'**
And that's just what they'll do
One of these days **these boots are gonna walk all over you**
Are you ready, boots? Start walkin'!
