Lyrics to
Killing Machine

Released by Judas Priest in 1978
From the Album: Killing Machine / Hell Bent For Leather |

This version of Killing Machine was released by Judas Priest in 1978.

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I never give true answers, I never tell no lies
I never walk a straight line, so never get surprised
I don’t ask no favors, so don’t get abused
I learned to win when I was young
So I’m never ever gonna lose

They pay me the money and I do the job
I got a contract on you
I got a contract, on you

I never ask no questions, I never speak my mind
I always found that silence helps to keep me and my kind alive
I take care of business, It takes care of me
I look after myself and do it well
’cause somebody’s always looking for me

They pay me the money and I do the job
I got a contract on you
I got a contract on you

What manner of man am I?
A gun, lump sum and then I move on
What manner of man are you?
Stab a friend’s back to jump a queue

I do what I do ‘cos I can’t do nothing better
You do what you do, just defendin’ yourself

‘cos you got nothin’ better to do

I got no face, no name, I’m just a killing machine
I cut the population down, if you know what I mean
I never stop in one place, I move about the cities
Got expensive tastes, but I hasten to add that
I’m the best that there is

They pay me-uh the money and I do the job
I got a contract on you
I got a contract on you

I got a contract on you
I got a contract on you


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Judas Priest has released many songs over the years besides Killing Machine. Judas Priest released songs from 1974 to 2005 spanning across albums like Rocka Rolla, Sad Wings Of Destiny, Sin After Sin, Killing Machine / Hell Bent For Leather, Stained Class, British Steel, Point Of Entry, Screaming For Vengeance, Defenders Of The Faith, Turbo, Ram It Down, Painkiller, Jugulator, Demolition, and Angel Of Retribution. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Judas Priest.

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Killing Machine, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1978 song by Judas Priest. Some of the lyrics to Killing Machine have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Judas Priest and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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You can understand the lyrics to Killing Machine if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Killing Machine" means the words set to the music of Killing Machine, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Judas Priest. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Killing Machine and the lyrics to Killing Machine are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Judas Priest who came here looking just for the lyrics to Killing Machine, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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