Dropkick Murphys

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(F)lannigan's Ball

In the town of Milton one Brian Flannigan battered away till his money was spent Then he hit a big one and felt like a man again, Bought a three decker with two floors for rent He threw a big party for friends And relations at a grand old place called F...

10 Years of Service

The status of our future in both past and present time, Is relegated to a member of a higher class than mine. To determine and direct the lives of family men who bear the burden Of living up to a standard that doesn’t exist in 1999 Ref. Who’s gonna sa...

1953

On that snowy bright December day She came and took my breath away It was there I met my love so fair A beauty oh so true and rare Chorus: For who we are and what we'll be I'ii sing your praise eternally When I was lost you carried on When I was weak you kep...

3rd Man In

My friends, my town, camaraderie We'll never finish last We stood as one where are they now We grew up fast Too young to know or really give a shit The past has left us worse for wear Be strong and stand, stand up like a man Your concept of friendship...

4-15-13

We’re all just people trying to get along Were all just people trying make our way We’re all just people trying make it through another day We’re all just people trying to get along Were all just people trying make our way We’re all just people trying mak...

A Few Good Men

It's time we stood up for ourselves so get up off your knees. We'll shake off our detractors and attain our hopes and dreams and if we fall prey to in-fighting, we're never gonna win, so put aside your differences, sing loud, sing proud We won't listen to the...

Aa One

Tonight my son, I’ll heed the call If you’re to live, then I must fall Just give me one more moment, another walk out in the sun One more day to find some justice with your shadow by my side Cuff me, tie me, lock me down ’cause I’ll be back to go another...

Alcohol

We're gonna die when the sun comes up We'll drink it until we drop My blood's one hundred proof We're gonna stumble twist and crawl With 99 beer on the wall I'd rather drink than fuck No doubt about it Can't live without it No doubt about it I can't live with...

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me I once was lost but now I'm found, was blind but now I see 'Twas grace that taught my heart to feel 'Twas grace my fears relieved How precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed 

As One

Tonight my son I'll heed the call. If you're to live, then I must fall. Just give me one more moment, another walk out in the sun one more day to find some justice with your shadow by my side Cuff me, tie me, lock me down, cause I'll be back to go another...

Bar Room Hero

Face down in the gutter won’t admit defeat though his clothes are soiled and black, He’s a big, strong man with a childs mind, Don’t you take his booze away! He’s been at it for years drinkin’ balls and beer he’s a hero to most he meets But inside he cri...

Bastards on Parade

I've lost all the time that I have in this world I spent it unwisely. Unwisely you see And I can't get it back And I can't move forward I'm broken and I'm empty It's over for me If I could undo all the wrongs that I've caused Fall to my knees pray for swiftne...

Black Velvet Band

In a neat little town they call Quincy Apprenticed in trade I was bound And many an hour of sweet happiness I spent in that neat little town Then bad misfortune befell me And caused me to stray from the land Far away from my friends and companions To fo...

Blood

Trouble underground in Kenmore Square You'd better watch out, you'd better beware It's time to go, goodbye good luck They said people like you screw everything up If you want blood, we'll give you some (Blood, blood) Straight from the heart till the job...

Blood and Whiskey

Urban legend and American folklore, Tells of a man who was one of a kind A sure gent with a flair for fashion, prone to violence at any time A legendary hooligan with a thirst for blood and a taste for booze This brave and daring brutal soul, he lived and foug...

Borstal Boys

Cell block five, how I hate Bromide With your coffee in the morning makes you so sterile The corner gang never made a man of me boys You know the walls are taller and the inmates scheme There's no one here that's more than seventeen Bet your life there's a ri...

Boston Asphalt

Searching for the best break the black forties could afford them Came these ever-proud world-renowned rowdy, roving men With a firmness and a purpose that so many did dismiss Sailed these huddled human ballasts on their stinking coffin ships [Chorus:] From th...

Boys on the Docks

"Dedicated to the memory of John Kelly” Refren: Say hey johnny boy, the battle call United we stand, divided we fall Together we are what we can't be alone We came to this country you made it our home This man so humble, this man so brave A legend to many,...

Broken Hymns

Now the fog and smoke is lifting From the fallen row on row In 1861 the prayed for God to keep their souls Jimmy left home in April That was one year to the day Writes his mother back home in Brighton But he ain't got much to say He's forgotten...

Buried alive

Nothing they could do but sit down there with the black coal all around them, and the water rose so quick and cold, an unlikely place to drown. Nine in the mine, trapped down below- down, down, down in the ground and this'll be the day I didn't kiss my wife g...

Burn

Bring around the fire, set me up and let me go I ain't going down until I've had my fill The chase is nearly ended, the party starts tonight They said we'd never learn, we never will So dance around the fire and kiss the finest girls I'll see you all in hell,...

Caps and Bottles

When I was 13 I bought a scally cap Looked up to the older guys who drank at the Rat Couldn't wait to grow up just to drink with the crew Put my name on the map and have a social few. I recall when I was small I thought I'd be a legend soon But that...

Captain Kelly's Kitchen

Come single guy and gal unto me pay attention Don't ever fall in love It's the devil's own invention For once he fell in love with a maiden so bewitching Miss Henrietta Bell down in Captain Kelly's kitchen [Chorus:] With me toora loora la, me toora loora ladd...

Career Opportunites

[The Clash cover song] The offered me the office, offered me the shop. They said I'd better take anything they'd got. Do you wanna make tea at the BBC? Do you wanna be, do you really wanna be a cop? (no fuckin' way) Career opportunities are the ones that never...

Caught in a Jar

Now there comes a day, in every man's life Where decisions have to be made Whether to toil, Labor or just plain piss your days away, Away, Away! Got a funny feeling that my times are Caught in a jar Madness and Insanity Have arrived Know to Chri...

Citizen C.I.A.

Calling all Americans of above-average intelligence... College graduates, apply today... Come decimate dictatorships and overthrow regimes In exotic far-off places the vacation of your dreams You'll assemble puppet governments and play the hand of God We'...

Climbing A Chair To Bed

You want something out of nothing, you want blood from a stone To banish all your enemies and wish them safely home Some would say insanity or crazy, better still Cut off your nose to spite your face, for life you've lost all will Now you've mingled with your...

Cruel

We were born into nothing, hard up so to speak But love and affection this family afforded me Worries came early and often it seemed Fate was not pleasant still I was redeemed Then compassion soon faded to chaos As they did their best all the while When circum...

Curse of a Fallen Soul

Another wake, another time, a premature goodbye. I've watched you go and I've seen you pass, I always knew that it wouldn't last. Together now we mourn the loss, and remember all the fun. We'll drink the beer and we'll hang out where death took another son. So...

Deeds Not Words

Where you gonna run to? Where you gonna hide? Bodies on the floor no one's getting out alive Death is in the air there's trouble all around Now you got it coming this time you're going down Deeds not words you should've told the truth You're a liar and traitor...

Devil's Brigade

You've got no one to defend you You're out on your own still fightin' on the corner You can never go home In this world of temptation, in this city of sin There's nothin' that can save you But a strength from within Because they'll do it again, they've done i...

Do or Die

The once steel tough fabric of a Union man Was sold and Bartered away Fed to money wolves in the Reagen years, Caught in a drift in greedy nintetie's days So inside this song is our rally cry chorus - Your dreams are in danger, and "We Must Rise" Our time...

Don't Tear Us Apart

At the first sing of hardship, many bite the hand that feeds And when there's trouble, oh, they simply cut and run And when there's fear, a man will slit the throat of his neighbor In a desperate search for comfort and love Don't tear us apart [x4] Will you s...

Echoes On 'A' Street

Anxious nights give way to daylight She don't cry and she don't complain To honor, cherish, protect and keep you She took your problems and took your name All she wants to do is stroll down the island She don't care if there's wind or there's rain Only a women...

End OF The Night

The amber, the fire is starting to fade, but it`s now that i`m at my best Give the angel of my shoulder a bright for the night, 'cause the devil ain't getting no rest. I've got thousands of stories, you've heard them before, yet I tell them again and again....

Euro Trash

Euro Trash, go away, so so trenty, your pathetic. Euro Scumbag, champagne and cavier, techno bullshit, blarin from your daddys car. You are such a mess, I hate you Euro Trash. You try hard to dress like your the best. Why don't you must go away, don't...

Fairmount Hill

Last night as I lay dreaming of pleasant days gone by My mind was bent on rambling to Boston I did fly I stepped on board a vision and I followed with the wind When next I came to anchor at the rocks on Fairmount Hill It was on the 23rd of June the day be...

Famous For Nothing

The barrel fire's fading My pals are disappearing Another night is passing but I won't go It's 2AM at townie and things are going my way Three buds, a glove and a foot of snow There's two little shits Selling joints on the hill And the kids down the lo...

Far Away Coast

Here in the trenches the fist of the Beast For fear of an atmosphere poisoned deceased With a gas mask to keep me from breathing my death It's American soil I hope for at best But the duty I serve can't begin to compare To my ancestors battles and wars th...

Fields Of Athenry

By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling Michael, they have taken you away, For you stole Trevelyan's corn, So the young might see the morn. Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay. Low lie the fields of Athenry Where once we watched the small...

Fighting 69th (Traditional)

Come all you gallant heroes, And along with me combined I'll sing a song, it won't take long, Of the Fighting Sixty Ninth They're a band of men brave, stout and bold, From Ireland they came And they have a leader to the fold, And Cocoran was his name It was i...

Fightstarter Karaoke

Riot tonight EVERYBODY LET'S GO gonna start a fight but with who I don't fuckin' know [2x] It doesn't take a big man to knock somebody down just a little courage to lift him off the ground! This world is not what it seems These beer balls are ruining my...

Finnegan's Wake

Tim Finnegan lived in Watlin Street, a gentle Irishman, mighty odd He'd a beautiful brogue, so rich and sweet, to rise in the world he carried a hod He'd a sort of a tipplin' way, with a love for the liquor poor Tim was born And to help him on with his work ev...

First Class Loser

Have you ever had a family or a friend that drove you crazy, or a folk or a neighbour without obnoxious fool of lazy? The type of guy you'd cross six lanes of traffic to avoid, he's always got his handout, he's wicked unemployed. You can't ditch him,...

For Boston

For Boston, for Boston, we sing our proud refrain for Boston, for Boston 'tis wisdom's earthly fame for here are all one and our hearts are true and the towers on the heights reach the heavens own blue. for Boston, for Boston 'til the echoes ring again For Bo...

Forever

All of my dreams Seem to fall by the side Like a discarded thought Or the day's fading light But I know that if I could just See you tonight FOREVER! At times we may fall, Like we all tend to do But I'll reach out and find That I've run into you yo...

Fortunate Son

Some folks are born made to wave the flag, Ooh, they’re red, white and blue. And when the band plays hail to the chief, Ooh, they point the cannon at you, lord, It ain’t me, it ain’t me, I ain’t no senator’s son, son. It ain’t me, it ain’t me; I ain’t no fort...

Fortunes of War

Each town has its cliques those who don't get along and then there's towns I know where certain kids just don't belong so know your rivals and watch your back 'cause no one's gonna be there when the enemy attacks Chorus: When the justice eludes you it's the f...

Front Seat

Some times I get so fired up I never feel like coming down. But your attitude you have is tearing us apart. You constantly whine and moan, waxing passively. I've got a solution for you today. We'll take the front seat mister and we're never gonna take...

Get Up

I went North to see the Stiff Little Fingers play The kids in the Belfast were tearing it up Jake is the punkest dude I do declare He got a leather jacket, and the spikey hair We all fall down So get up now We all fall down So get up now Since '77 they've ma...

God Willing

Ricky and Gar Well, they took it too far They didn't make it They didn't make it Chrissy and Stage Though they made no mistakes They didn't make it They didn't make it Whether living with hope Or at the end of the rope It isn't written in the stone When the...

Going Out In Style

I've seen a lot of sights and traveled many miles Shook a thousand hands and seen my share of smiles I've caused some great concern and told one too many lies And now I see the world through these sad, old, jaded eyes So what if I threw a party and all my...

Going Strong

There's a brand new century about to begin and the kids of the 90's are paving' the path, for the youth of America, free at last from the violence and destruction that destroyed our name, whenever there was trouble we took the blame. But now our scene's alive...

Gonna Be A Blackout Tonight

Gonna Be A Blackout Gonna nail me a black curtain Up good an’ tight Gonna do what my air raid man says is right Gonna pull down the shades An’ turn out my light There’s gonna be a Blackout ‘Cause my town is big and my town is bright My town can work a...

Good Rats

Have you ever stopped to think about what rats do for run? Sure they crawl around and scurry, yeah they're always on the run but a rat sure likes a good time just like you and me I'll prove it with a tale about a rat-infested brewery It started with a little...

Hang 'Em High

We waited together for the cowards to come Outgunned and outnumbered but we wouldn’t run No mercy, no quarter They’ll pay for their sins Now lower the cannons the battle begins We waited together for the cowards to come Outgunned and outnumbered but we...

Hang up Your Boots

What you do that's nothing new It's all been said and done You can do whatever you want If it's what you call fun You can hang around with all you pals Drink 'til you are beat Dirty looks to all you pass Walking down the street Hang up your boots Han...

Heroes from our Past

And so the story's told of a hearty group of men it's a tale of their triumphs and their woes. Be it raids and melees ancient or the modern worker's struggle that inspires men to stand up for their rights. And should we fall down by the wayside in this ever-ch...

Homeward Bound

I've seen street corner preachers spending discharge pay Between periods of getting stiff and happy tipplers singing songs of discontentment With each and every passing sip from the bookmaker's clerk on the rowdy racing circuit Known as Tom Sharkey's brawli...

I Had A Hat

I had a hat when I came in and I hung it on the rack, And I’ll have a hat when I go out or I’ll break somebody’s back Casey wore his brand new hat to Murphy’s wake last night, Someone stole his hat and, boys, it started up a fight; Casey smashed the f...

I'll Begin Again

My first day out it rained Eight years on a chain For a crime that wasn't mind, I did the time As the door shut behind me I was left so lonely No one remembered, no one was there To hear my please to hear my prayers I'll begin again I was headed here from the...

I'm Shipping Up To Boston

I'm a sailor peg And I lost my leg Climbing up the top sails I lost my leg! I'm shipping up to Boston I'm shipping up to Boston I'm shipping up to Boston I'm shipping off ... to find my wooden leg! I'm a sailor peg And I lost my leg Climbing up t...

In the Streets of Boston

Got a bleak perspective, I'm a streetwise man Going wowhere with my life Careening toward an early death, a streetwise man On the corner every night So brace-for impact, brace-for impact Brace-for impact, why don't you brace The end is coming, no time fo...

It's A Long Way To The Top(If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)

[Originally by AC/DC] Ridin' down the highway Goin' to a show Stop in all the by-ways Playin' rock 'n' roll Gettin' robbed Gettin' stoned Gettin' beat up Broken boned Gettin' had Gettin' took I tell you folks It's harder than it looks It's a long way to the...

Jailbreak (bonus track)

Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak Somewhere in this town See me and the boys don't like it So were getting up and going down Hiding low looking right to left If you see us coming I think it's best To move away do you hear what I say From under my breath T...

Jimmy Collins' Wake

We've gathered here to bid adieu Us Boston boys, alas are few Some from crosstown some from the coast To give our skipper one last toast We'll pour the good stuff round his casket Drop some coin into the basket Bow our heads and praise the Lord Then rou...

John Law

Now let me tell you about a man named John Law He's a neighborhood cop, the toughest man I ever saw A man who knows his duty, a man with a gun To the people in the neighborhood John Law is number one Freeze, we said stop (His name was John Law) For John...

Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya

When on the road to sweet Athy, Hurroo Hurroo When on the road to sweet Athy, Hurroo Hurroo When on the road to sweet Athy A stick in the hand, A drop in the eye A doleful damsel I heard cry Johnny I hardly knew ya Where are the eyes that looked so mi...

Kicked To The Curb

I ain't got no money (Nope) I spent it all on you (Oh) I ain't got no money, honey I don't know what to do I ain't got no girl She kicked me to the curb (Damn) I ain't got no honey and She took all my money I shake my fist at the sky I smash my head...

Kiss me, I'm Shitfaced

I play in a band, we're the best in the land We're big in both Chelsea and France I play one mean guitar and then score at the bar There's a line of chicks waiting for their chance So come on now honey, I'll make you feel pretty These other gals mean noth...

Last Letter Home

Hello there my dearest love Today I write to you about our sons The boys start school today They're the spitting image of you in every way Hey son it's Dad I hope this letter finds you well out of harm's way We saw the news today it frightened your Mom Now al...

Loyal To No One

I first met this man by the Capen Street tracks In no shape for success, headed nowhere too fast He may have been someone once by the sound of his call Now he answers to no one, no one at all "We all die alone" - he shouted as he passed With no sense of...

Memorial Day

You’ve gotta pick yourself up by the bootstraps No one’s gonna help you out when you fall You’ve gotta find a way out of your problems When you’re broke and you’re backed up against the wall If you sleep on your only chances They’ll never come around agai...

Memories Remain

Well we started shooting hoops, Now we're sipping Black and Tans From the park to the pub Was the course we ran. The times have changed, but friends remain My heart and soul's with you Cause one thing's for sure, i always swore, I'd never turn my back o...

My Hero

May the road to rise to meet you and the wind be at your back And that's what dear old Dad would say Remember, you're a man when you finally have your moment See fate and fortune come your way I wouldn't take you wisdom, Dad, would say You said, some keep on...

Never Alone

You say it’s because we’re boisterous You hate us cause we’ve got our dignity There’s a difference between the two of us It’s a sense of morality and what corrupts We stand together so proud and strong This is a place where we belong We’ve got loyal friends w...

Never Forget

In a child's eye there's something I hope someday you'll know A friend's dedication, it's something to behold A mother's smile, it makes everything alright To a women's caring hand I'll be holding on tonight [Chorus:] When you got love and we got family [x2]...

Noble

You grew up honest and straight, Always one of the guys The laughs, the brews, good friends forever "Drinking Camaraderie" But then one night you were taken from us, gone forever lost Stolen away in an Ashmont Second And I'll never forget the cost. Number one!...

Out Of Our Heads

Are we gonna make it, or is this how we go? (GO!) Are we gonna take it sitting down? (Hell No!) We're gonna cause a riot, we're gonna rip it up We're gonna storm this gates, this place is going' up Here we go, here we go We're out of our heads, and it's...

Out On The Town

Me and the gang, we were out on the town in my uninsured '88 It's time to get Maggie down at the bar She said "Don't you punks dare be late!" It was Saturday night on Hilltop Street And everybody's dressed to spill They were havin' a time for Mary O's bo...

Paying My Way

Wake and pray Work all day I walk past the places that I used to lay Now I'm paying my way I'm paying my way Some days are hard Some days are long Some days I'm weak Some days I'm strong I'm paying my way I'm paying my way I'm paying my way I'm p...

Peg O' My Heart

Peg o' my heart I love you don't let us part I love you I always knew it would be you Peg o' my heart Since I heard your lilting laughter It's your Irish heart I'm after Peg o' my heart Peg o' my heart Oh Your glances make my heart say How's chances come be...

Perfect Stranger

Schizophrenic nightmares sending shivers down my spine I may be a little twisted, but I swear that my life is fine I'm living with a perfect stranger, is there anybody home? I'm in the presence of a perfect stranger, but I find myself alone Well I'm still wo...

Pipebomb On Lansdowne

It's Friday night and the street's filled with freaks Come and watch as the useless flock to the beat Of the techno noise that enhances their high A bombs gonna blow and I think you know why Everybody's running out, bodies hit the ground You'd better take cov...

Pipebomb On Lansdowne (Dance Remix)

It’s Friday night and the streets are filled With rich little fucking college pussy faggots I’m gonna get a fucking gun And shoot them all right in the balls Everybody's running out Bodies hit the ground You'd better take cover It's a pipebomb on Lansd...

Prisoner's Song

Looking on a past where we still had a chance We were pawns in a game that we could not win Now we're alone just a pick an' stone We're dreaming of a future where our ship comes in Dreaming of a future where our ship comes in Hey ho a prisoner's song Hey ho a...

Ramble And Roll

Driving down the highway and I've got no lights dreaming about my future, but it's fading away in the night what do you want out of life when you don't play by the rules I've got no expectations and I fully expect to lose [Chorus:] 'Cause I was born to ramble...

Rebels With A Cause

As a point of conversation, he was referencing relation from the corner he came from, the company he´d keep she was from the country far from the city they shared one love, they were destined for defeat he was tortured he was troubled she was sick and she...

Road Of The Righteous

Now I saw a man stand up one day and fight to save his life Just a common worker, supporting his kids and his wife Put a plug in his jug, things looked up for sure But the whole damn thing of it was there is no blasted cure. Now I saw a man stand up one day a...

Rock 'n' Roll

[Originally by Motorhead] Well here, babe, look at you in love with someone else, Turned out like all the others leave me by myself, That's how it works I guess and you're like all the rest Guess I can handle it if that's the way it is I'm in love with rock '...

Rose Tattoo

The pictures tell the story This life had many shades I'd wake up every morning and before I'd start each day I'd take a drag from last night's cigarette That smoldered in its tray Down a little something and then be on my way I traveled far and wide And laid...

Rude Awakenings

The bed was still warm where I slept From these hours I wish to forget With the night still fresh on my breath I awoke to the grim face of death I thought it was all just a nightmare I guess it was true As I crawled across the floor for the door From one roo...

Sandlot

When we were young we had it all We had the sun the moon the stars We didn't picture very far We didn't go While people drove in fancy cars We swam in pool but they weren't ours We were rich yeah but no one told us We didn't know Yeah, When we were y...

Shattered

Something's gone wrong with the world today What's the matter with the human race Everybody's fighting for more power and money Braveheart's a racist The paperboy's a junkie And what's with the role models for all our boys and girls Anorexic skinny monsters w...

Skinhead On The MBTA

Now let me tell you a story of a big ole' skinhead On a tragic and fateful day He put 10 cents in his pocket kicked his wife and family And went to ride on the M.B.T.A. Did he ever return, no he never returned and his fate is still unknown he may rid...

Sunday Hardcore Matinee

Fifteen kids in a pickup truck your Chucks, a case of beer Pack of Luckys, jeans rolled up your one way out of here Heard them on a compilation we traded in the mail Been waiting such a long time tonight we cannot fall On the way to a matinee a Sunday hardcore...

Sunshine highway

Yeah, me and my girl we're acting up again all right She ain't much of a looker, she can handle her Paraldehyde You were up all night at the Captain's Table drinking Tanqueray gin by the old piano Playing cards and smoking cigars 'til the sun came up Or wa...

Surrender

I was at my weakest state And you kept pushing me on You gave me something to believe in And it keeps me standing strong These lessons that I've learned These things I'll carry on And when you're gone I'll honor you Each day, however long This glimmer of hope...

Take It And Run

Maureen's out on the street again Didn't get the job 'cause she missed her appointment She don't know if the kids are fed They've got holes in their shoes and the cold's coming quick now The power's off the bill's ain't paid gotta jump the box from the nei...

Take'em Down

When the boss comes callin' they'll put us down When the boss comes callin' gotta stand your ground When the boss comes callin' don't believe their lies When the boss comes callin' his take his toll When the boss comes callin' don't you sell your soul Wh...

Tenant Enemy #1

Well it's always been about big money for them They're greedy and they reek soaring profits, big gains The cash accumulation gains is all these cowards seek And they always find a way to kick out the needy Tenant enemy number one Tenant enemy number one...

Tessie

Tessie is the Royal Rooters rally cry Tessie is the tune they always sung Tessie echoed April through October nights After serenading Stahl, Dinneen and Young Tessie is a maiden with a sparkling eye Tessie is a maiden with a love She doesn’t know the mea...

The Auld Triangle

A hungry feeling came o’er me stealing And the mice were squealing in my prison cell To begin the morning the water boiling Get up out of bed boy and clean up your cell And the auld triangle went jingle jangle All along the banks of the Royal Canal On...

The Battle Rages On

His fists was raised fury The signal came at dawn An army at the ready Their vengeance will be strong The kingdom (will always make its worth) The martry (will soon fall on his sword) The freedom (the battle rages on) The righteous (will be here when you're g...

The Boys Are Back

The boys are back The boys are back The boys are back And they’re looking for trouble The boys are back The boys are back The boys are back And they’re looking for trouble The boys are back The boys are back The boys are back And they’re looking for...

The Burden

He came from nothin' He tried 'em all You gotta live low before you see them fall Always a loser He lost his shine They had no idea what kept the beast alive 'Cause Frankie's gonna be alright Yeah, Frankie's gonna be alright They said he was broke and...

The Dirty Glass

Murphy, Murphy, darling dear I long for you now night and day Your pain was my pleasure, your sorrow my joy I feel now I've lost you to health and good cheer Darcy, when I met you I was five years too young A boy beyond his age, or so I'd tell someone A...

The Gang's All Here

Well the devil's nipping at your heels and this time it's for real A lonely hunger starts to gnaw as you wash away the pain Of another desperate dead end day forever filled with sadness To forget about the pain you take your bottle, drink your grain Singing H...

The Gauntlet

Well I just got back from a break in the fight I was weighing in heavy but still feeling alright all I hear in the distance - mines and shells here come the sirens wailing another attack to be repelled Do you think we're gonna make it? I don't know unles...

The Green Fields of France

Oh how do you do, young Willy McBride Do you mind if I sit here down by your graveside And rest for a while in the warm summer sun I've been walking all day, and I'm nearly done And I see by your gravestone you were only nineteen When you joined the great...

The Hardest Mile

I'm heading for a life in the land of the free Sending every penny home to the family Off to find fortunes that can't be bought Now Paddy's struck down from a single shot Paddy's struck down from a single shot! They lured the men away they promised wealth an...

The Irish Rover

On the fourth of July 1806 We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks For the grand city hall in New York T'was a wonderful craft, she was rigged fore and aft And oh how the wild wind drove her She stood several blasts,...

The Legend Of Finn McCumhail

This mighty soldier on the eve of the war he waged told his troops of lessons learned from battles fought: "May your heart grow bolder like an iron--clad brigade" said this leader to his outnumbered lot. Known as a hero to all that he knew, long live the l...

The New American Way

Each day when I wake up and I set my best foot forward I'll make an effort to be all that I can be. I take a look around me and I wonder how things change so much in the few short years since I was a young boy. Do you know what we're fighting for? I know in a...

The Only Road

How could you choose a path without knowing where you'd end up Where you came from was a time and place that you had never been - Is this the only road Can you fake your way through conversation or just simply turn away Set a course for the desert sun is this...

The Outcast

If they can make a law then I can break a law If I can break the law will the law break me? It comes tumbling down again, I can’t comprehend, is it destiny Your nomadic state, are you a refugee, no place to call your home Forever walk alone as the world go...

The Rocky Road To Dublin

In the merry month of June from my home I started left the girls in Taum nearly brokenhearted saluted me father dear, kissed my darling mother drank a pint of beer, my grief and tears to smother then off to reap the corn, leave where I was born cut a stout bla...

The Season's Upon Us

[Refren:] The season's upon us, it's that time of year Brandy and eggnog, there's plenty of cheer There's lights on the trees and there's wreaths to be hung There's mischief and mayhem and songs to be sung There's bells and there's holly, the kids are gu...

The Spicy McHaggis Jig

I'll tell you a story, believe me it's true A tale you'd best hope never happens to you Old spicy mcHaggis, how he met his fate You I can save, but for him it's too late Spicy was big, burly and strong His pipes were gigantic, and so was his schlong Fro...

The State Of Massachusetts

She had excuses and she chose to use them She was the victim of unspeakable abuses Her husband was violent, malicious and distant Her kids now belong to the state of Massachusetts They've been taken away Betty was a bright one, Tommy's off his head Mot...

The Torch

Wash away all the lines on your face that show how you've aged it's a long way down your back's been broken you can't make the rounds the tables are turned as the litany goes you're a rotten old man who'll be covered in dirt on your knees and pray to th...

The Walking Dead

[Verse 1:] The greats come alive, the water's on fire Have I been to this place before? Yeah we danced through the night as the flames burned bright And the patrons passed out on the floor. [Chorus:] What's so new about what you're saying? It's a new genera...

The Warrior's Code

You're the fighter you've got the fire The spirit of a warrior, the champion's heart You fight for your life because the fighter never quits You make the most of the hand you're dealt Because the quitter never wins No! You were born to box in a city tha...

The Wild Rover

Chorus: I've been a wild rover for many's the year, And I've spent all me money on whiskey and beer. And now I'm returning with gold in great store, And I never will play the wild rover no more Chorus: And it's no, nay, never! No, nay, never, no more! Will I...

This is your life

It's another November evening As you remember your way home You mete out your aggressive tendencys On what's left of your blackened soul (Your Blackend Soul) You've come to this conclusion As you're dragged from another bloody fight You've reached the e...

Time To Go

Go! Go! Black and Gold! Old-time hockey, bar the door Clear the track it’s all-out war Light the lamp, throw a hit. Black and Gold never quit The barn is full, our team’s in town So put ‘em up boys, knock ‘em down. Drop the puck, it’s time to go! Bust...

Tomorrow's Industry

Young kids in Catholic schools Elderly parents living under your roof You pay the bills and you pay the price You don't back down and you won't play nice The disgraced values of the company man Are why you fight and sacrifice Don't bed or break for their one-w...

Until The Next Time

Now the time has come for leaving Here and now we should return We´re so glad we could make it But so sad we gotta run Well it might be a long time Till we raise another glass You can raise it Sure that next time We´ll ourselves and laugh (Yeah, We´ll...

Upstarts And Broken Hearts

I once met a young girl filled with fire, That saw through my front to this shell of a man She knew I'd be a handful from the start, This strong willed woman had an angels heart The holes in these wings don't allow me to fly So you'd better brace for a life of...

Vices And Virtues

Now hear me all you victims Come listen, gather around For now we'll tell the story of four brothers in the ground One died from the bottle though he wouldn't harm a fly He froze in the south end alley Behind a gin mill left to die And another died by the bull...

Walk Away

So you say you fell in love And you're gonna get married Raise yourself a family How simple life can be Somewhere it all went wrong And your plan just fell apart And you aint got the heart to finish what you started Yeah you fell in love And you went...

Wheel Of Misfortune

Cowboys and coppers verse injuns and robbers, take a guess for which side I was prone Maniacal pleasures and a taste for misfortune, the legacy for which I was known Down and out, I scream and I shout. For this man from whom I need my advice If the price is y...

Which Side Are You On?

Our father was a union man some day I'll be one too. The bosses fired daddy what's our family gonna do? Come all you good workers good news to you I'll tell Of how the good old union has come in here to dwell. Which side are you on? Which side are you on...

Who Is Who

Friends call me enemy 'cause they're a fucking joke They'd better get their act together it's time that they awoke I'm cast out by my relatives 'cause they don't want me around Just sit in a corner and I don't make a sound, not one word The walls are clos...

Wicked Sensitive Crew

Well it's all gone to hell now the wimps have gangs Pop punk tough guys with neck tattoos Well if you guys are hard then I'd rather be soft Man I gotta find me some seriously sensitive dudes [Chorus:] Hey! Ho! Hey! You gotta shake hands with your feelin...

Worker's Song

Yeh, this one's for the workers who toil night and day By hand and by brain to earn your pay Who for centuries long past for no more than your bread Have bled for your countries and counted your dead In the factories and mills, in the shipyards and mines...

World Full Of Hate

A feeling inside in the back of my head Like a song you still know from so long ago And I wouldn't change a thing Like a car driving by triggers something in my mind Am I retrieving my direction or just charging forward blind Am I everything that you wanted m...

You Put The I In Team

Take some time. Cuz sadly knots are actually not capable of Breaking off what they've held strong For years too long. You're an up and overkill conduit. You won't be tricked into tasting salt. Make myself at home but you're onto it. Sell me your career. The ch...

You'll Never Walk Alone

When you walk through a storm, hold your head up high And don't be afraid of the dark At the end of the storm, there's a golden sky And the sweet, silver song of a lark Walk on through the wind Walk on through the rain Though your dreams be tossed and blown...

Your Spirit's Alive

We are the ones who will never be broken We are the ones who survive This is the sound that brings us together You are the one by our side [Refren:] And through it all, the spirit's alive And through it all, your spirit's alive You are the memory that lives...