celtic-punk

"Anarchy, the scourge of every sea the antichrist aboard our rig"

"And life leads me here, it shows me I have never really loved no one but me"

"Cause every dog has its day, like every women she gets her own way, and if there's a ship that sails tonight I'll captain that too, just to be there with you"

"While the ghosts of the soldiers that lived their before us laugh with there guns by there sides"

"The colours all seem bland I've traveled all these years, he said, to only get this far, so he crossed the street found a seat his home is now a bar"

"The buildings they shake but my heart it beats still, o mother of Jesus i feel pretty ill"

"Her legs ran all the way up to Heaven and past Avalon"

"For your land of the free now prisons me to rot in this jail of lost liberty"

"What savior rests, while on his cross we die? forgotten freedom burns"

"For there are many ways to kill a man they say with bayonet, axe, or sword"

"Her breath pure as whiskey, my heart fell in love"

"So when in doubt just call my name, just before you go insane"

"Many is the day I took for granted, breathing the air that silenced some"

"Now I'm aiming for heaven, but probably wind up down in hell"

"Dragged around your whipping tree, a scourge you can't comand"

"So God how come every wrongs been done? With deals no Christ should allow"

"Don't fill your mouth with gluttony. For pride will surely swell, but nothings unforgiven in the four corners of hell!"

"Well it breaks my heart to see you this way, the beauty in life where's it gone?"

"Till the butcher and his crown raped the land we used to sleep in, now tomorrow chimes of ghostly crimes that haunt tobacco island"

"Your selfish face is now erased when someone mentions you. If only you had seen what I now see"

"Drag not your strength from government, but from the voices they abuse."

"Shove the bullet in your pocket turn away and retreat"

"Don't look back for what's dead now is saved, they exiled our homes where the soul is kept safe"

"Singled out for who you are it takes all types to judge a man"

"But green is the heart of your greed that much i can tell"

"Take me back to the way life has never been"

"Oh in time in time you will see just what you mean to me"

"Its something of a pity but you never understand, how a boy can grow and still never be a man"

"Well is this the way it's meant to be? Cause I signed of on the American dream, now I write my name to the welfare scheme, the money in the bank, well it's history"

"From the town of Detroit where we fight till we drop, we don't want your pity we just want a job, there's no shame in us asking with some self-respect, but don't leave it much longer, we're human at best"

"Wise men crank the guillotine where heads will roll for all to see"

"It's the words I've never written that say more about myself Where empty is the promise lies a pocket full of doubt"

"Oh! Oliver boy what did you do but crush the hand you never shook then robbed the rights of people to be free"

"Its not a rebel cry of some socialist scheme to push for human rights Just the facts an obvious mentioned on the behalf of the working man, for his family and his livelihood. Your dreams are in danger, and "We Must Rise" Our time has come we are under the gun "It's Do or Die""

"The Dropkick Murphy will come and get you if you don't go to sleep tonight ... It's a rehab center, I think it's in Connecticut. I think it was the guy who used to come around late at night for all the drunks, like if you were too drunk to drive home, he would come and get you and put you in this hole that you couldn't get out until you were sober enough, I don't know. There's a bunch a story, it's also a boxer, a bunch of things, a rehab center in Connecticut, grandparents used to scare kids with it."

"Young skinhead they call you hooligan Just because you don't make any sense to them You're a hardworking man whose paid his dues But they still call you racist on the evening news"

"Don't need no gang to watch my ass Just loyal friendship and a pint of Bass"

"Well its 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."

"And the boys on the docks needed John for sure When they came to this country he opened the door He said men I'll tell ya, They don't like our kind Though it starts with a fist, it must end with your mind."

"There's no room for dancing on your precious floors, cause you've got to save space for the jocks and whores You say that our shows are for violent thugs, but we're not the ones on designer drugs"

"Who's gonna save us from this lonely picket line, 10 years of service but I'm still not worth your time. And I've seen men give their lives, and heard the stories that they tell of how they labored for this company which sold it's soul to hell"

"Cowboys and coppers verse injuns and robbers, take a guess for which side I was prone"

"Well you're walking down the road and the wind is in your face You're down and out and the unemployment line's a mile long The money in your pocket may not get you through the day But cheer up son I know a place where mugs like us belong Singing Hail, Hail, the Gangs All Here. Leave your worries at the door boy, they're not going anywhere"

"Oh, workers can you stand it? Oh, tell me how you can. Will you be a lousy scab or will you be a man? Don't scab for the bosses, don't listen to their lies. Us poor folks haven't got a chance unless we organize. Which side are you on? Which side are you on?"

"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-changing world, we can look back to these heroes of our past with their staunch determination and ferocious iron will, no tyranny would quell them in their task."

"They're gonna come when you're not ready, when you're not well-prepared. They're gonna prey upon your weakness -- no man's soul is ever spared. You've got to stand up, yeah, and fight them. Show them what it's all about. This man is not for sale. There will be no backing down."

"Turn back the hands on the clock, you're a bitter old man. Who's done nothing but work your hands to the bone on assembly lines. You've grown cold to the touch of the ones that you love. Ignorance is something you can't overcome but you've passed it down and that's something much worse."

"In the factories and mills, in the shipyards and mines We've often been told to keep up with the times For our skills are not needed, they've streamlined the job And with sliderule and stopwatch our pride they have robbed."

"And when the sky darkens and the prospect is war Who's given a gun and then pushed to the fore And expected to die for the land of our birth Though we've never owned one lousy handful of earth?"

"If they can make a law Then I can break a law If I can break a law Will the law break me?"