Irish Drinking Song

well i stumbled and i am all drunk and full of smoke my wife said i have had enough, im sick, thats it, get out! so i stumbled down to kellys pub across the edge of town and i told the boys me story and we had another round we’ll drink, and drink, and drink, […]


May The Living Be Dead (In Our Wake)

Said her name was MarieFrom the banks of the LeeWith the prettiest eyes my own had ever seenHer hair like ripplesThey danced with the tideAs our hearts washed away to the seaWas she sent down from the heavens aboveHer breath pure as whiskey my heart fell in loveNow the devil is courtin’ a different tuneAnd […]


Delilah

I saw the light on the night that I passed by her windowI saw the flickering shadows of love on her blindShe was my womanAs she deceived me I watched and went out of my mindMy, my, my, DelilahWhy, why, why, DelilahI could see that girl was no good for meBut I was lost like […]


Another Bag Of Bricks

T`was in the early evenin`Near the presence of the moonYou told me you would meet me hereWell now is not too soonThis dagger twisting in my backTells me I never shouldHave trusted everything to fallFrom beggar to foolI see your face like every raceA serpent with two armsDevouring me while rains the sunWith dreams in […]


Death Valley Queen

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 […]


Cruel Mistress

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 […]


Rebels Of The Sacred Heart

Now I`m aimin’ for heavenBut probably wind up down in hellWhere upon this alter I will hang my guilt ridden headBut it`s time I`ll take before I beginThree sheets to the wind, Three sheets to the windRebels are we, though heavy our hearts shall always beAh, no ball or chain no prison shall keepWe`re the […]


Drunken Lullabies

Must it take a life for hatful eyesTo glisten once againFive hundred years like GeligniteHave blown us all to hellWhat savior rests while on his cross we dieHas the Shepard led his lambs astrayto the bigot and the gun Must it take a life for hateful eyesTo glisten once againCause we find ourselves in the […]