Public Enemy No. 1

On July 4, 2011 Megadeth debuted a new song entitled "Public Enemy No. 1" at a show in Hamburg, Germany. According to the Public Enemy No. 1 Songfacts, the writing of the song was started by the band during a soundcheck in Croatia in 2010 and completed in Vienna, Austria a short while later. Mustaine has said that "Public Enemy No. 1" was written about 1920s gangster Al Capone. The inspiration was a possible haunting incident while the band was recording in an old building in Tennessee which Mustaine described as being a "hideaway" of Capone's. Ellefson revealed in an interview that "Public Enemy No. 1" would be released as a single.

[Instrumental Intro] [Solo - Mustaine] [Verse 1] Public enemy number one Jailbreak and a smoking gun You won't believe the things I've done And the killing is just for fun Public enemy number one A stolen car and I'm on the run Through the night till the rising sun And the trouble has just begun [Pre-Chorus] Roses on your grave, I'll be on my way There's no time to stay with the enemies I've made [Chorus] I'm invincible You might say despicable Punishment's reciprocal Public enemy number one I'm unbeatable My mind is untreatable Crimes unrepeatable Public enemy number one [Solo - Broderick] [Verse 2] Public enemy number one Watch the authorities come undone With every stand-off that I've won Flirting death just for fun Public enemy number one Born a fugitive father's son Another heist of a bank is done And the trouble has just begun [Pre-Chorus] Roses on your grave, I'll be on my way There's no time to stay with the enemies I've made [Chorus] I'm invincible You might say despicable Punishment's reciprocal Public enemy number one I'm unbeatable My mind is untreatable Crimes unrepeatable Public enemy number one [Instrumental Break] [Solo - Mustaine] [Solo - Broderick] [Bridge] The posters say I'm wanted "dead or dead" Anyone who's tried got a bullet to the head [Chorus] I'm invincible You might say despicable Punishment's reciprocal Public enemy number one I'm unbeatable My mind is untreatable Crimes unrepeatable Public enemy number one [Outro] Public enemy Public enemy Public enemy Public enemy