Wanderlust
Risk
1999
Duration: 5:22
Track number: 8
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine, Marty Friedman
Theme
A song with a distinctive Western/cowboy theme, revolving around the life of an outlaw or wandering gunslinger. It focuses on the relentless urge to travel (**wanderlust**) and the lonely existence of facing constant threats and challenges on the road.
Lyrics
As sure as the sun rises in the east
Another gunman will come seeking my defeat
Will he be as fast as me, are his nerves quiet and still
Will he fall like all the rest ending his days upon boothill
I'm an outcast riding into town alone
I got **wanderlust** branded deeper than the bone
I'm an outcast riding into town alone
I got a lust for wandering branded deeper than the bone
As I ride into the sunset to take another town
Thank you for the invite, but I just can't settle down
The dust that coats my hat is from a dozen towns
Dust from shooting down another dozen clowns
I'm an outcast riding into town alone
I got **wanderlust** branded deeper than the bone
I'm an outcast riding into town alone
I got a lust for wandering branded deeper than the bone
A drum beats for me, it's louder every day
The cadence tells me that soon I'll meet
My **judgment day**, my **judgment day**
My **judgment day**, my **judgment day**
My **judgment day**, my **judgment day**
My **judgment day**, my **judgment day**
My **judgment day**, my **judgment day**
My **judgment day**, my **judgment day**
My **judgment day**, my **judgment day**
A drum beats for me, it's louder every day
The cadence tells me that soon I'll meet my **judgment day**
Life's an endless showdown never knowing when they'll come
I sleep with one eye open lying with my smoking gun
My smoking gun
The game I play has caused a lot of grief
They were dying for fame, so I obliged them some relief
I'm an outcast riding into town alone
I got **wanderlust** branded deeper than the bone
I'm an outcast with lightning in my hand
I got **wanderlust** lost in no man's land
I'm an outcast with lightning in my hand
I got **wanderlust** lost in no man's land
I'm an outcast with lightning in my hand
I got **wanderlust** lost in no man's land
I got a lust for wandering lost in no man's land
I got **wanderlust**





