Walk Away

So you say you've 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 ain't got the heart to finish what you started 

Yeah, you fell in love 
And you went and got married 
Had yourself a family 
How simple life can be 
Somewhere it all went wrong 
And your plan just fell apart 
And you ain't got the heart to finish what you started 

The ones that you loved 
The ones that you left behind 
The ones you said you'd try to find... 
Are they trying to find you? 

The ones that you loved 
The ones that you left behind 
The ones you said you'd try to find... 
Are they trying to find you? 

Somewhere it all went wrong 
and your plan just fell apart 
And you ain't got the heart to finish what you started 

You walk out that door 
To find out where you belong 
To fulfill your own self esteem;
you think you might have forgot it 

The ones that you love 
The ones that you left behind 
the ones you said you'd try to find 
Are they trying to find you? 

the ones that you love 
The ones that you left behind 
The ones you said you'd try to find 
Are they trying to find you? 

The ones that you love 
the ones that you left behind 
The ones you said you'd try to find 
Are they trying to find you? 

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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 
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 

CHORUS: 
We're the first ones to starve the first ones to die 
The first ones in line for that pie-in-the-sky 
And always the last when the cream is shared out 
For the worker is working when the fat cat's about 


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? 

CHORUS (x3) 

All of these things the worker has done 
From tilling the fields to carrying the gun 
We've been yoked to the plough since time first began 
And always expected to carry the can 

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The Outsider

If they can make a law 
Then they can break a law 
If I can break a law 
Will the law break me? 
It comes tumbling down again 
I can't comprehend 
Is it destiny? 
A nomadic state 
Are you a refugee? 
No place to call your home 
Forever walk alone 
As the world goes on 
Forgotten by the ones you know 

And all the words you gave me 
I lost on bended knee 
But you can't stop these cravings just by praying they would save 

If I can make a life 
Then I can take a life 
If I can save a life 
Will this life save me? 
Time after time 
I still seem to find 
You're looking out for me 
So wrap your arms around me 
Hold me close and don't let go 
Let me lean on you as I think things through 
If I don't we'll never know 

CHORUS (x2) 

Will I find this place where I belong?
(Find this place where I belong) 
Can you protect me from my troubles? 
Keep my safe from harm? 
Will you help me carry on?! 

CHORUS (x2) 

If they can make a law 
Then they can break a law 
If I can break a law 
Will the law break me? 
It comes tumbling down again 
I can't comprehend 
Is it destiny? 
A nomadic state 
Are you a refugee? 
No place to call your home 
Forever walk alone 
As the world goes on 
Forgotten by the ones you know 

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Black Velvet Band

In a neat little town they call Boston 
Apprenticed to trade I was bound 
And many an hour's sweet happiness 
I spent in that neat little town 
Then bad misfortune befell me 
That caused me to stray from the land 
Far away from my friends and companions 
To follow the black velvet band 

Well, I was out strolling one evening 
Not intending to stay very long 
When I met with a pretty young damsel 
Who was selling her trade in the bar. 
When I watched, she took from a customer 
And slipped it right into my hand 
Then the Watch came and put me in prison 
Bad luck to the black velvet band 

Her eyes they shone like the diamonds 
You'd think she was queen of the land 
And her hair hung over her shoulder 
Tied up with a black velvet band 

Before judge and jury next morning 
Both of us did appear 
A gentleman claimed his jury 
And the case against us was clear 
Now seven long years transportation 
Right down to Van Dieman's land 
Far away from my friends and companions 
To follow the black velvet band 

Her eyes they shone like the diamonds 
You'd think she was queen of the land 
And her hair hung over her shoulder 
Tied up with a black velvet band 

So come all you jolly young fellows 
I'd have you take warning by me 
Whenever you're out on the liquor 
Beware of the pretty colleen 

Her eyes they shone like the diamonds 
You'd think she was queen of the land 
And her hair hung over her shoulder 
Tied up with a black velvet band 

Her eyes they shone like the diamonds 
You'd think she was queen of the land 
And her hair hung over her shoulder 
Tied up with a black velvet band 

BLACK VELVET BAND! 

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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 
I'm gonna pull down my shade an' turn out my light 
There's gonna be a blackout, blackout tonight 

Cause my town is big and my town is bright 
My town can work and my town can fight 
So don't stike no light and don't cause a red 
There's gonna be a blackout, blackout tonight 

chorus: 
Gonna be a blackout, blackout tonight 
Gonna be a blackout 
Gonna do what my air raid man says is right 
Blackout tonight 
Pull down my shade an' turn out the light 

Lights will go out all over town 
And the air raid warden will walk up and down 
It's part of the war, I'm gonna do right 
There's gonna be a blackout, blackout tonight 

(chorus) 

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World Full Of Hate

A felling inside 
In the back of my head 
Like a song I 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 retreiving my direction? 
Or just charging forward line? 

Am I everything that you wanted me to be? 
Have I lost that conditional connection I couldn't see? 
To the end 
Like a friend 
Stands by you again 
And I wouldn't change a thing 
Toe-to toe 
Friend or foe? 
It's all that I know 
And I wouldn't change a thing 

As the years pass us by 
Will I still make the grade? 
Can I really offer anything? 
And will my soul be saved? 
Can you cleanse me up? 
Drive out the swine? 
Am I only falling farther? 
Can you keep me safe from harm? 

The memories you build 
In the house on the hill 
Would you really change a thing? 
Corrected mistakes in a world full of hate 
Never changes anything 

Till the end 
Like a friend 
Stands by you again 
Toe-to-toe 
Friend or foe? 
It's all that I know 

Till the end 
Like a friend 
Stands by you again 
And I wouldn't change a thing 
Toe-to-toe 
Friend or foe? 
It's all that I know 
And I wouldn't change a thing 

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Buried Alive

Nothing they could do but sit down there with the black coal all arou 
nd them, and the water rose so quick and cold, an unlikely place to dr 
own. 

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 goodbye, take care of my 
family I'm buried alive 

They held their heads up high as they struggled hard to breath 
and asked the Lord to open his arms for the nine souls he'd receive 

Nine in the mine... 

They latched themselves together so in death they might be found 
and prayed there for miracle some 24 stories down. 

Nine in the mine... 

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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 fear now I've lost you to health and good cheer.
Darcy when I met you i was 5 years too young,
a boy beyond his age or so I'd tell someone.
Anyone who'd listen and a few who couldn't care
still I welcomed you with open arms my love I did share.
Darcy, Darcy darlin dear you left dying, crying there in whiskey ,
Gin and pints of beer I fell for you my darling dear. 
You shut me off then you showed me the door. 
But you always came crawlin back beggin me for more.
I showed you kindness a stool and a tab. 
Then you poured me my pain in a dirty glass. 
Yeah you left him bloody battered penniless and poor. 
You know I often stopped to wonder how he made through my door. 
With my brothers new non-duplicate registry I.D. 
Well you bit off more than you could chew the first day you met me.
Darcy Darcy darlin dear you left me dying crying there in whiskey Gin
and pints of beer I fell for you my darling dear.
You weren't the first to court me mister you won't be the last.
Oh I'm sure I wasn't honey I know all about your past.
Well listen to the big shot with his pager on call
you spent most of those nights in my bathroom stall.
Yeah, you got him high but you left him low.
Mind your own business boy
how was I to know that he was just a fiend and a no good cheat.
Well thats all in the past bitch cause now I got it beat. 

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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.
[Chorus:]
Low lie the fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing
We had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry.
By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young man calling
Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free
Against the famine and the crown,
I rebelled, they cut me down.
Now you must raise our child with dignity.
[Chorus]
By a lonely harbor wall, she watched the last star fall
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
For she lived to hope and pray for her love in Botany Bay
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry.
[Chorus] 

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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 broke 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 witness and just 
But I'm just a fool 
A fool driven to dust 
And the world ain't gonna change for me 

So give me one more chance to prove these problems
and frustrations are just manifesting memories we're destined to repeat 
A second chance to prove I know right from wrong 
I swear I'll do things different but can't promise to be strong 

CHORUS: 
So come on all you losers, you bastards and cheats 
Vagrants and barflies down on the streets 
Oh, this precious salvation vindication awaits 
We're marching on these broadway streets tonight 

If you can look into this old face and try to see the young man 
I swear I once was pretty, not the monster you now see 
But I squandered all my chances 
Lost my faith and took for granted 
This life and precious one chance the world would now reep 

If I could undo all the wrongs that I've caused 
Fall to my knees pray for witness and just 
But I'm just a fool 
A fool driven to dust 
And the world ain't gonna change for me 

CHORUS (x3) 

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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 round 

As one- my blood runs red beneath the night, 
I'll give my soul to you tonight 

From early on I was on my own with no light to guide my way, 
then the hand of destiny called me only now I understand 
Interwoven our lives became, bonded by blood, no need to be repayed 

As one... (twice) 

Just give me one more moment with your shadow by my side 
and we will always be together as one 

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This Is Your Life

It's another November evening
As you remember your way home
You (beat?) out your aggressive tendencies
On whats left of your blackend soul.
You've come to this conclusion
As your dragged from another bloody fight
You've reached the edge where you decided
That you've lived out your whole life.

Another busted knuckle,
taken down by a kick to the balls
You've wasted time, wasted time 
As our shadows grown so tall

It's another busted knuckle
It's a fight you'll never win
And now you bow your head in shame
For a sin no one forgives

[Chorus]
Fight fight you'll never win
(this is our life)
Tonight ill start again
(this is our time)
Fight fight you'll never win
(this is our life)
How will I make amends
(this is our time)
This is our life
This is our time
This is my life 
Dont waste my time.

Your wife cant understand you
When you have alienated your oldest friends
Breaking back, and fingers to the bone
burning candles at your backdoor your
Tired of this pety life you lead
A series of dull events
A two bit half assed attempt
Of someone elses (trend?)

Another busted knuckle,
taken down by a kick to the balls
You've wasted time, wasted time 
As our shadows grown so tall

It's another busted knuckle
It's a fight you'll never win
And now you bow your head in shame
For a sin no one forgives

[Chorus X2] 

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Time To Go

chorus: 
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 outta work, it's quarter-past five 
Time to round up the gang 
and take the Red to the Orange line 
Head for the street and the Causeway crowd 
You can feel it in the air, when the team's in town 

(chorus) 

Rancourt's ready, it's time to take to the ice 
So tie down the jersey 'cause it could get ugly tonight 
Top corner, five hole, off the post and in 
On a quest for the cup, and we're ready to win 

(chorus) 

Go! Go! Black and gold! 

Drop the puck, it's time to go 

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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 nothing to me 
Let's finish these drinks and be gone for the night 
'Cause I'm more than a handfull you'll see 

CHORUS: 
So kiss me I'm shitfaced 
And I'll soak and I'll soil their ground 
in the trousers she kissed me
And I only bought her one round 

I can bench press a car 
I'm an ex football star 
with degrees from both harvard and yale 
Girls just can't keep up 
I'm a really love machine 
I've had far better sex while in jail 
I designed the Sears tower 
I make two grand an hour 
I cook the world's best duck flambe 
I'll take the pick of the liter 
And girls jockey for me 
I don't need these lines to get laid 

CHORUS 

I'm the man of the night 
A real ladies delight 
See, my figure was chisled from stone 
One more for the gal then I'll escort her home 
Come last call, I'm never alone
I own a house on the hill with a red water bed 
It puts Hugh Heffnor's mansion to shame 
With girls by the pool and italian sports cars 
I'm just here in this dump for the gain 

CHORUS (x2) 

Ahh, fuck it. Who am I shittin'? 

I'm a pitiful site 
And I ain't all that bright 
I'm definitly not chisled from stone 
I'm a cheat and a liar 
No women's desire 
I'll probably die cold and alone 

But just give me a chance 
Cause deep down inside 
I swear I got a big heart of gold 
I'm a monoganous man 
No more one night stands 
Come on, let me take you home 

CHORUS (x4)