Black Star Riders

It’s another napalm night In downtown Babylon The contract for blood Ain’t worth the paper that it’s on To the dark side of the road Where the junkies prey and die It’s a one way ticket On a slow death suicide Don’t you turn your back on me Don’t you turn you...

They called it the Troubles Cuz it wasn't quite a war To admit that it was Would make it harder to ignore History gave us courage Whiskey made us fight Back when blood was thicker Back when blood was tight Here comes the Hallelujah man With the free...

I don’t know nothing ‘bout nobody or no one The whiskey keeps me talking ‘til my money’s all gone The only soul I have is in these worn out shoes I’m just another monkey that’s on the juice Now I got a new pair of boots, a rifle I can keep A tattooed sacred he...

Why should I live in history? Condemned To a life of coulda been I quit takin' dope, I quit drinking whiskey I quit takin' chances I gave her the ring my mother gave me She said meet at the station 4:30 So I sit here waiting, patiently Why should I liv...

Just before the sun comes up And floods the wailing wall She makes love to forget herself He makes love to recall There’s a trail of total carnage In the rear view when he looks There’s a tale of fear and loathing In each chapter of this book So give...

I’m a lowdown uptown snake cil user A street philosopher, neon astronomer I’m a one-shot big town cruiser And I try again and again and again No one knows which way the wind blows The city smells of desperation The upset, displaced, rearranged in one damnation...

Johnny Wong keeps tryin' to get it right, Way down in Suckerville tonight When darkness falls in the neon lights, He feels like walking dynamite And he knows he could never win, He's just trying to loose a little more slowly Bound for glory (Bound for glory)...

Drop the needle on the 45 What a crime to make life so tough Another Sunday morning In your Saturday clothes Meeting your shadow when you've had enough Lost reality's a lonely place One way ticket to the blues Don't take a chance if you know what you wa...

I hawked around all my promises Gave away every gave If you never take a gamble All the horses look the same A man obsessed is a man possessed Coattail riding a dreamer's dream It's a fine line between love and fascination It's a movie that I've already...

Where is the woman that I love? Send out the ravens before the doves Don't tell my father, my mother My daughter, my son Where is the woman that I love? Where is the woman that I love? Where is the woman that I love? When all is said and all is done D...

The night we ran from that small town dance To your old man's car and a fumbled romance Our breath was heavy our hearts were young Afraid of nothing and scared of no one Now the daytime is too fleeting And the darkness comes too soon In a town that drea...

The lights are on You're not home I know all those little white lies You're not fooling anyone You got more front than jesse james Make a hit then run You're an outlaw 'cause you know the songs Now the singing is all done So just... Fade Fade away...

Time turns another page And a million years go passing by Broken heartstrings and guitar strings You and me all down the line Running wild carving our names On anything that we could find Are you in there anymore my friend? Are you in there anymore my...

Angels name don't go down well When you come from round this way But even I could make a case When you're asking me to stay Cause I can fall for every word That leaves that Celtic tongue I could walk from all I know With all my past undone Oh oh Gabri...

Look over there on the cover of that magazine A bleach blonde beauty doing that bikini atoll thing Avert your eyes with lies and distractions Got a pistol in your pocket gonna shake some action Must be exhausting being so consequential Going down fightin...

I still love you Judas After everything you’ve done I still trust you Judas Like i never trusted in no one You took me to the movies We’ve been there ever since I would give you everything If I’d anything to give Hey, hey Judas Hey, hey Judas What you gonna...

I’m just a low pay paddy Singing high price blues My mama told me, my daddy too That the devil makes work For idle hands to do Just trying to ease my revolutionnary mind Just trying to ease my revolutionnary soul Cuz i’m on a roll Let the teachers teach Let...

Come here and listen to me boys for the story that I tell how I crossed the sea from erins shore a man condemned to sail to a land of milk and honey and whiskey by the pail they promised me a future there a life that would not fail For it's a rocky...

You come around with your eyes in the moon Lines on your face, you’re getting old too soon Scandalize and they criticize Daddy’s up late pacing around the room Out of your mind and too cruel to be kind Man in the mirror showing all the signs Stay out of...

He was king of the north She was queen of the south Kinda stuck in the middle There's a lot of it about Some things never change And I'm really glad they don't And the cavalry never came Now I'm losing hope I can't keep holding on When you're the on...

I’m gonna kick in your door (you better believe it) Nail your guts to the floor (you better believe it) Raise a holler and fuss (you better believe it) I’m alive and dangerous (you better believe it) When everything changes into nothing new I got a right to b...

Billy went way out west With a pawn shop stereo And a junkie promise to himself He left his soul on the bathroom floor of a Texaco Tina was a blessing and a curse An angel with a bullet in reverse Never met the devil only God on junk Black motorcycle bo...

There's a stranger on the road tonight On the way to Soldierstown A stranger with his coat pulled tight And his collar buttoned down A stranger every sinner knows A seasoned man of war Marching to the fires of hell Scarred by the cannon's roar They kn...

Where did all the days go Did time just steal from us Hanging out on the corner Watching it all just turn to dust Someday salvation Will get us through the night Someday salvation Will make everything alright Where did all our love go And those worn out phot...

Vulnerability is a liability There ain't no plage for it in this life The only guarantee is a dead certainty That no one gets out of here alive Animosity will never let you be It will never let your soul relax Feeling like a needle in an old jukebox You...

We all wear our hunger on our heart In the cold blooded academy of ghetto streets It ain't treason if it's a good reason We're only as real as the promises we keep The strength of the wolf lies in the pack And the loneliness can get you in trouble Let's...

One day the wind stopped blowing The dust stayed on the hood One day the hit kept growing So we walked away for good One day the kid I used to know Came marching into town Strung out his demons showing His confidence shot down If you value your freedo...

I wanna make my name on the overnight train Raising gain rolling down the line I saw a punk kissing freddie on sunset blvd Just goes to show that not all love is colour blind Well, I heard the thunder, saw lightning strike the sky Fire in the jungle the r...

Well, I've giving you all I got Now I'm nothing So get back to your own sweet oblivion I'm going out to get hurt tonight That's all there We might as well just keep on dancing I put my faith in original sin A lifetime of lies went undiscovered I put it...

I guess I was bad Didn't do what ishoulda done My daddy caught me drinking Told me to be a good son My momma wept My little sister hid Underneath her bed Where all the demons lived That weren't inside her head That weren't inside her head I've been...

Ladies and gentlemen Please take the time Consider my loyalty Before judging my crime Analyze my demise, my destiny I can be a real good friend or even better enemy I've gotta get out of this place I've gotta plan my prison break It's too late, it's t...

C'mon let's go outside Outside into the rain I want to hear the cars go by Smell the streets again I Want to hear a raven's cry C'mon let's taste the sea I want to know where it all went wrong Cause I'm standing on the "T" MacKenzie rides again tonigh...

I’m a beast of burden Spent too long at the fair You can lead a horse to water But I ain’t going there I aint going anywhere The sky don’t look the same I ain’t going anyplace Where they try you by your name Empire’s rise and kingdoms fall God’s country been...

I walk down broadway in the bitter cold See my reflection and it makes me feel so old A boulevard in deep recession A winter sky in deep depression Give me back my broken life Give me serenity beyond this strife Give me absolutely absolution From all t...

All you need is Jesus and a '44 A contradiction in faith and a sprung dance floor The pulse of a nation at war with it's own Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1791 If you won't take my silver Then you must take my lead All you need is love now And th...

You little liar Lying through your teeth You little liar Why should I believe? You little liar You're just a common thief You little liar You little cheat I don't need you to set me free I want you to know That I'm through Through pulling you Out...