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Drunken Lullabies

by Flogging Molly

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1.
Must it take a life for hateful eyes To glisten once again Five hundred years like Gelignite Have blown us all to hell What savior rests while on his cross we die Forgotten freedom burns Has the Shepard led his lambs astray to the bigot and the gun Must it take a life for hateful eyes To glisten once again Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess Singin' drunken lullabies I watch and stare as Rosin`s eyes Turn a darker shade of red And the bullet with this sniper lie In their bloody gutless cell Must we starve on crumbs from long ago Through these bars of men made steel Is it a great or little thing we fought Knelt the conscience blessed to kill Must it take a life for hateful eyes To glisten once again Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess Singin' drunken lullabies Ah, but maybe it`s the way you were taught Or maybe it`s the way we fought But a smile never grins without tears to begin For each kiss is a cry we all lost Though there is nothing left to gain But for the banshee that stole the grave Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess Singin' drunken lullabies I sit in and dwell on faces past Like memories seem to fade No colour left but black and white And soon will all turn grey But may these shadows rise to walk again With lessons truly learnt When the blossom flowers in each our hearts Shall beat a new found flame Must it take a life for hateful eyes To glisten once again Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess Singin' drunken lullabies Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess Singin' drunken lullabies Singin' drunken lullabies
2.
His eyes they closed and his last breath spoke he had seen all to be seen a life once full now an empty vase wilt the blossoms on his early grave walk away me boys walk away me boys and by morning we'll be free wipe that golden tear from your mother dear and raise what's left of the flag for me then the rosary beads count them 1 2 3 fell apart as they hit the floor in a garb of black we must pay respect to the color we were born to mourn walk away me boys walk away me boys and by morning we'll be free wipe that golden tear from your mother dear and raise what's left of the flag for me In its place grew an angry festered wound full of hatered and remorse where I pick and scratch till the blood it matched silent rage that now fills my lungs for there are many ways to kill a man they say with bayonet, axe or sword but son a bullet fired from a shapeless guise just put the shell of a Thompson gun walk away me boy walk away me boys and by morning we'll be free wipe that golden tear from your mother dear and raise what's left of the flag for me from the east out to the western shore where many men and many more will fall but no angel flies with me tonight though freedom reigns on all and curse the name for which we slaved our days so every men chose Kingdom Come But sure as night turns day it's the passion play oh my god what have they done with madman's rage well they dug our graves but the dead rise again you fools walk away me boy walk away me boys and by morning we'll be free wipe that golden tear from your mother dear and raise what's left of the flag for me walk away me boy walk away me boys and by morning we'll be free wipe that golden tear from your mother dear and raise what's left of the flag for me
3.
Said her name was Marie From the banks of the Lee With the prettiest eyes my own had ever seen Her hair like ripples They danced with the tide As our hearts washed away to the sea Was she sent down from the heavens above Her breath pure as whiskey my heart fell in love Now the devil is courtin' a different tune And I laugh as the tears was the rain Tell me why no one`s listenin' Is there nothing at all left to say In a world so unforgiving You mean more to me each every day So may the living be dead in our wake One cold winters night behind the clouds stars did hide And the ghost of our souls thanking Christ we`re alive Our spirits they crackled with lovers first sight Till the mornin' came fresh with a new Will you dance with me now heavens child sang the clown We`ve nothing left to lose but your wings and my frown Where over the hills the valleys will ring To the sound of our love singin' true Tell me why no one`s listenin' Is there nothing at all left to say In a world so unforgiving You mean more to me each every day So may the living be dead in our wake But the summer sun is melting now With the leaves I`ll soon be gone Will you have the strength when the emptiness shadows fall Or will your aching heart be ripped apart By the beating from the storm Or will howling gales like yesterdays be gone Yeah be gone... be gone Was she sent down from the heavens above Her breath pure as whiskey my heart fell in love Now the devil is courtin' a different tune And I laugh as the tears was the rain Tell me why no one`s listenin' Is there nothing at all left to say In a world so unforgiving You mean more to me each every day So may the living be dead in our wake
4.
If I ever leave this world alive I'll thank for all the things you did in my life If I ever leave this world alive I'll come back down and sit beside your feet tonight Wherever I am you'll always be More than just a memory If I ever leave this world alive If I ever leave this world alive I'll take on all the sadness That I left behind If I ever leave this world alive The madness that you feel will soon subside So in a word don't shed a tear I'll be here when it all gets weird If I ever leave this world alive So when in doubt just call my name Just before you go insane If I ever leave this world Hey I may never leave this world But if I ever leave this world alive She says I'm okay; I'm alright, Though you have gone from my life You said that it would, Now everything should be all right She says I'm okay; I'm alright, Though you have gone from my life You said that it would, Now everything should be all right Yeah should be alright
5.
Many's the day I took for granted Breathing the air that sinlenced some As the North Wind blew With its head of thunder Beating its breast with a war drenched song Bathe awhile, awash in slumber Cry what's left to sleep Where you dream of the love you left forever But pity no more nor grieve For we're the kings of it all For the day we were born Now we're the kings of the Kilburn High Sure we'll always take a drop and we'll never leave a sup Your empty glass is but a tear filled eye We were the kings of the Kilburn High Listen to the sound of dead men dying March as they flee but exiled bound Their ship once sailed no longer anchors For gone is the green And their hallowed gound Toast to tears of times past glories This ageless clock chime stalls Where to kiss the lips of that love forgotten To fly where no others have soared For we're the kings of it all For the day we were born Now we're the kings of the Kilburn High Sure we'll always take a drop and we'll never leave a sup Your empty glass is but a tear filled eye We were the kings of the Kilburn High Toast to tears of times past glories This ageless clock chime stalls Where to kiss the lips of that love forgotten To fly where no others have soared For we're the kings of it all For the day we were born Now we're the kings of the Kilburn High Sure we'll always take a drop and we'll never leave a sup Your empty glass is but a tear filled eye We were the kings of the Kilburn High
6.
Now I’m aimin' for heaven But probably wind up down in hell Where upon this alter I will hang my guilt ridden head But it’s time I’ll take before I begin Three sheets to the wind, Three sheets to the wind Rebels are we, though heavy our hearts shall always be Ah, no ball or chain no prison shall keep We’re the rebels of the sacred heart I said no ball or chain no prison shall keep We’re the rebels of the sacred heart Terrified of the open road Yeah, where it leads ya never know But rest assured he’ll be on you back Yeah, the Holy Ghost through his tongues in black As the band dog howls and the young girl cries The blessed virgin in her proud dad’s eye The albatross hangin' round your neck Is the cross you bare for your sins he bleeds Rebels are we, though heavy our hearts shall always be Ah, no ball or chain no prison shall keep We’re the rebels of the sacred heart Genuflect all you refugees who fled the land Now on guilt you kneel And say a prayer for those left behind From beyond the pale to the Northern sky So you saved your shillins and your last six pence Cause in God’s name they built a barbed wire fence Be glad you sailed for a better day But don`t forget there’ll be hell to pay Rebels are we, though heavy our hearts shall always be Ah, no ball or chain no prison shall keep We’re the rebels of the sacred heart I said no ball or chain no prison shall keep We’re the rebels of the sacred heart Reserrection no protection all things life must be Ah no ball or chain no prison shall keep We’re the rebels of the sacred heart Now bless me father for I have sinned But it’s the same old story again and again and again Ah well, such is the bread of an everyday life From mornin' to noon to this shadowless-night Rebels are we, though heavy our hearts shall always be Ah, no ball or chain no prison shall keep We’re the rebels of the sacred heart I said no ball or chain no prison shall keep We’re the rebels of the sacred heart
7.
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Don't know where I'm goin', Don't know where I'm goin', yeah Don't know where I'm goin', Don't know where I'm goin', yeah
8.
Next time out to sea Bring enough soul to bury me For I don't want my final jig In the belly of a squid Take my trousers take my shirt Just give me that sweet dirt For the water's cold and grim And I never did learn to swim No her love never set me free So I set off for the ocean Now in my dreams she comes to me Whispering of peace But I've known since the day That we sailed for Santiago Her dry embrace would kiss my face No never, No more The sea is a cruel mistress The sea is a cruel mistress Many moons to the day That I threw her love away Now every whale spouts "go to hell" As the wind laughs in my face I've grown harder on the eyes And salty to the taste My pride has gone with the wake As I wait a cold wet grave I rose to the smell Of a wet desert hell And I thought to myself How'd I wind up in this jail Till a voice called to me From deep within the sea Dry your eyes my dear fisherman Your ass belongs to me The sea is a cruel mistress The sea is a cruel mistress The earth will rest my bones Lord I know, Lord I know But I'll see you when I get home From the cold, yeah from the cold No her love never set me free So I set out for the ocean Now in my dreams she comes to me Whispering of peace But I've known since the day That we sailed for Santiago Her dry embrace would kiss my face No never, no more The sea is a cruel mistress The sea is a cruel mistress Next time out to sea Bring enough soil to bury me For I don't want my final jig In the belly of a squid Next time out to sea Bring enough soil to bury me For in my dreams she comes to me Whispering of peace....
9.
Death valley queen where have you been Since they crowned you in glory Filled your head with dreams But it still goes to show in every desert There's a rose that's blooming for all to be seen I remember you well from that town You did dwell with the face of an angel In a dump hot as hell When I asked for a kiss You kindly dismissed So i lead my poor heart to the slaughter Tell me dear what did you fear I'd do you no wrong though no stranger to sin So death valley queen go marry your king Or an old maid you'll end up for certain Off I did set on my trail of regret Where I thought of you now in your castle and crown So I found me a whore with a face just like yours After several gallons of porter When I awoke, she had scarpered I was broke Laying cold in the bed with a whale for a head So death valley queen go marry your king Or an old maid you'll end up for certain Then the ball dropped why everything fell by the way As your teardrops were falling I forgot to say That I have always loved you Yeah I have always loved you Yeah I Yeah I I have always loved you When I returned downtrodden and burned There were billy goats grazing Where once you'd be found So I hung out to dry On this limb for a lie Take me back for I'm cursed on the mainland Tell me dear what did you fear I'd do you no wrong though no stranger to sin So death valley queen go marry your king Or an old maid you'll end up for certain I said death valley queen go marry your king And a-roving I'll end up for certain
10.
T’was in the early evenin` Near the presence of the moon You told me you would meet me here Well now is not too soon This dagger twisting in my back Tells me I never should Have trusted everything to fall From beggar to fool I see your face like every race A serpent with two arms Devouring me while rains the sun With dreams in foreign lands This cold dark tormented hell Is all I’ll ever know So when you get to heaven May the devil be the judge With another bag of bricks I scratch your name across these walls And with my blood turns red Then drips upon my killing floor Where I now call my bed No precious light to harbor Like so many here before Now breathes a thousand more With another bag of bricks Temper filled with blindness Leads this lost and lonely man Dragged around your whipping tree A scourge you can’t command So deafen me with silence Drown me with your roar Scowl me with your hollow eyes Still burnin` to the core No door will go unanswered Like so many closed before No vagabond to knock upon This tired and beatin` war When all return to exile Free from all once bound Decline and brawl old parasites The truth will yet be found With another bag of bricks With another bag of bricks With another bag of bricks This cold dark tormented hell Is all I`ll ever know So when you get to heaven May the devil be your judge Temper filled with blindness Leads this lost and lonely man Dragged around your whipping tree A scourge you can’t command So deafen me with silence Drown me with your roar Scowl me with your hollow eyes Still burnin` to the core No door will go unanswered Like so many closed before No vagabond to knock upon This tired and beatin` war When all return to exile Free from all once bound Decline and brawl old parasites The truth will yet be found With another bag of bricks With another bag of bricks With another bag of bricks With another bag of bricks
11.
Raised on songs and stories, heroes of renown The passing tales and glories that once was Dublin Town The hallowed halls and houses, the haunting childrens rhymes That once was part of Dublin in the rare ould times Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times My name it is Sean Dempsey, as Dublin as can be Born hard and late in Pimlico, in a house that ceased to be By trade I was a cooper, lost out to redundancy Like my house that fell to progress, my trade's a memory And I courted Peggy Dignam, as pretty as you please A rogue and child of Mary, from the rebel Liberties I lost her to a student chap, with skin as black as coal When he took her off to Birmingham, well she took away my soul Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times The years have made me bitter, the gargle dims me brain Cause Dublin keeps on changing, and nothing seems the same The Pillar and the Met have gone, the Royal long since pulled down As the grey unyielding concrete, makes a city of my town Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times Fare thee well sweet Anna Liffey, I can no longer stay And watch the new glass cages, that spring up along the quay My mind's too full of memories, too old to hear new chimes I'm part of what was Dublin, in the rare ould times Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times Ring a ring a rosey, as the light declines I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times I remember Dublin City in the rare ould times
12.
I saw her there from afar Her hair grey charcoal Takes a drag from her tar I kissed her a smile But her blood red shot eye Said the son never shines on closed doors It's been eight long years since I saw The woman who's labored Since the day I was born These wrinkles now face To that cold dark damp place Where the son never shines on closed doors She said the son never shines on closed doors I open to find only hurricanes blow Take me away back to the green fields of May Because the son never shines on closed doors Death comes like a thief in the night To steal while you sleep The soul's flickering light Well maybe it's then She said, I'll see you again Because the son never shines on closed doors She said the son never shines on closed doors I open to find only hurricanes blow Take me away back to the green fields of May Because the son never shines on closed doors And we all go the same way home Yeah we all go the same way home

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released March 19, 2002

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