The original version of this song started off like Fear’s I Love Living in the City. The original lyrics were really bad: I got bugs on my balls and sores on my feet, I rinse out my beard so I got something to eat. In my Safeway Winnebago, everything is fine. I’m dancing in the breadline. A little different, eh? But something cool came out of it because we ended up helping support the young homeless kids in America with this song. So it ended up being a good thing.

-Dave Mustaine

This was my fave tune on the album at the time. I also did my fave solo of the album on this song, but it was replaced by Dave without my knowledge. I showed up in Nashville all excited to hear the mixes and when Breadline came up, I was especially excited. The solo came and my mouth dropped to the floor. Where the hell was my solo? I was furious that no one had told me anything until the song was already mixed. It turns out that our managers didn’t like the solo that I did, they said it was too happy and melodic. Well it was a happy and melodic song! Anyway, if they needed it redone, they just could have told me, I would have been glad to get back to Nashville and redo it. This lack of consideration certainly planted the seed for me to want to quit the band. It was like, if they didn’t need my guitar playing, I certainly didn’t have to be there. It wasn’t like I was Ace Frehley, too high to play and not showing up in the studio to record. I did a great solo, and I would have been happy to replace it with one that made everyone happy, but no call, no nothing, until I’m standing in the control room listening to the final mixes.

-Marty Friedman