Dropkick Murphys

[fox69]

"Shattered"

"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 who seem to rule the world
The ball players you loved as a kid are gone
They've been replaced by steroid fed Neanderthals
(Replaced by Neanderthals)

Shattered, shattered, when people aren't always what they seem

It turns out the lyrics that you live by are a fraud
When your favorite band's singer got arrested
With a tranny on the job
Meanwhile little Danny down the block's all alone
He's been abused by the Parish priest
He'd embarrassed and ashamed
Thinks he disgraced the family name
He's gonna buy a gun and settle the score
Then who you're gonna call
the local cop stalking girls down the mall
Or the world's greatest crooks from the FBI
(The crooks from the FBI)

Shattered, shattered, when people aren't always what they seem
Shattered, shattered, when the ones that we rely on break their word

Shattered, shattered, when people aren't always what they seem
Shattered, shattered, when the ones that we rely on break their word

Dad's never home, he says he's working over time
Meanwhile Mommy's head's in the sand she thinks everything is fine
She says "Now Dad's important kids, so stay out of his way"
But little did she know that the governor was gay
(She didn't know that the governor was gay)

Shattered, shattered, when people aren't always what they seem
Shattered, shattered, when the ones that we rely on break their word

Shattered! Shattered! Whoa!
Shattered! Shattered! Whoa!
Shattered! Shattered!
When the ones that we rely on break their word!

 

[fox69]

"Skinhead On The MBTA (Traditional)"

"Skinhead On The MBTA (Traditional)"


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.

[chorus]
Did he ever return,
no he never returned
and his fate is still unknown
he may ride forever
neath the Streets of Boston
he's a skinhead who never returned.

Skinhead goes down to the Kendall Sq. Station
and he changes For Jamaica Plain,
the conductor says skinhead I need a nickel,
skinhead punches him in the brain.

[chorus]

Now all night long
skinhead drives through the station
Wondering who can I go and see
Can't afford to buy crack in Chelsea
or a bundle in Roxbury.

[chorus]

Skinhead's wife goes to the Scollay Square Station
Everyday at quarter past two,
and through the open window
She hands skinhead a grenade
as the train comes a rumbling through.

[chorus]

Now you citizens of Boston
don't you think it's a scandal
How the skinhead stole the train
What's the big fuckin' deal,
he'll work for beer
Let skinhead drive that fuckin' train.

[chorus 2x]
He's the skinhead who never returned.
He's the skinhead who never returned.
I said the skin never returns.

[chorus 2x]
He's the skinhead who never returned.
He's the skinhead who never returned.

 

[fox69]

"Soundtrack To A Killing Spree"

"Soundtrack To A Killing Spree"



I know that you ain’t too pretty
God knows how much you suck
It’s a tragedy that you were born
I rue the day you wrote this

Soundtrack to a killing spree
Screwing kids for an easy buck
Soundtrack to a killing spree
You’re a disgrace may you burn in hell

You’re the darling of the media
A new commodity
But you left behind a trail of tears
A string of suicides

I know that you ain’t too pretty
God knows how much you suck
It’s a tragedy that you were born
I rue the day you wrote this

Soundtrack to a killing spree
Screwing kids for an easy buck
Soundtrack to a killing spree
You’re a disgrace may you burn in hell

 

[fox69]

"Sunday Hardcore Matinee"

"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 show
They played it loud, they played it fast most folks don't want to know
Dancing hard, skank and slam the action never ends
Stagedive, kick, jump and flip pig pile on all your friends

We had each other
Things are different today
We've still got each other and the glory never fades away
The glory never fades away

If you didn't get the flier then you weren't in the know
GBH, Agnostic Front see you at the show
Time to hit mom's pocket book four bucks you're in the door
Minor Threat, the Bad Brains who could ask for more?
The last band has played the show is done the kids have all gone home
Your ears ring, your body aches you're once again alone
Beaten, bruised and bloodied never made us turn away
Next weekend they'll be more great bands at the Sunday matinee

We had each other
Things are different today
We've still got each other and the glory never fades away
The glory never fades away

And the glory never fades away
The glory never fades away

We had each other
Things are different today
We've still got each other and the glory never fades away
We had each other
Things are different today
We've still got each other and the glory never fades away
The glory never fades away

Stagedive, kick, jump and flip pig pile on all your friends

 

[fox69]

"Sunshine Highway"

"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 Tango & gin by the old piano
Playing cards and smoking cigars 'til the sun came up
Or was it going down for the night?

[Chorus:]
Take another ride on the sunshine highway
Take another ride try to turn it around
Take another ride down the sunshine highway
Take another ride try to turn it around tonight

Drop me off, sign me in, clean me up and let me out
Man that nurse is a bitch, this sucks, she says my jug ain't allowed
I've had my share of Mt. Pleasant messiahs wearing slippers & robes, trying to bum my smokes
I'm gonna Thorazine shuffle straight out that door
Head to the farm and find me a cure

[Chorus]

Tonight, yeah yeah yeah
I’m gonna make it right

[Chorus]

Cause I’m gonna be the one
To take another ride, take another ride

 

[fox69]

"Surrender"

"Surrender"



I was at my weakest state
And you kept me pushing 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 was never enough
To guide me through the darkness like a diamond
In the rough
I held out for and I received
A pain that never left with no reprieve
Like a toast at a table where resentments run free
There can't be any truth where there's no honesty

Like an apple from the tree
you were lock jawed in your ways
A reminder of myself in those long forgotten days
Thought you'd stayed off my path
But I just couldn't see that the blood that's in your veins
Is the same that runs through me

This glimmer of hope was never enough
To guide me through the darkness like a diamond
In the rough
I held out for and I received
A pain that never left with no reprieve
Like a toast at a table where resentments run free
There can't be any truth where there's no honesty

I had it all but lost my faith
And then you lead me to it
Today I'll carry on
I had it all but lost my faith
And now I've renewed it
These things I'll carry on

 

[fox69]

"Take 'Em Down"

"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
When the boss comes callin' we gotta organize

Let em know
We gotta take the bastards down
Let them know
We gotta smash them to the ground
Let em know
We gotta take the bastards down

When the boss comes callin' you'll be on your own
When the boss comes callin' will you stand alone?
When the boss comes callin' will you let them in?

When the boss comes callin' will you stand and fight?
When the boss comes callin' we must unite
When the boss comes callin' we can't let them win

Let em know
We gotta take the bastards down
Let them know
We gotta smash 'em to the ground
Let em know

We gotta take the bastards down

We gotta take the bastards 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
When the boss comes callin' we gotta organize

Let em know
We gotta take the bastards down
Let them know
We gotta smash 'em to the ground
Let em know
We gotta take the bastards down

Let em know
We gotta take the bastards down
Let them know
We gotta smash 'em to the ground
Let em know
We gotta take the bastards down

 

[fox69]

"Take It And Run"

"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 for the neighbor's apartment
Space heaters and welfare checks are as good as it gets in this land of hard lessons

[Chorus:]
Don't talk to me if you ain't got the answers that I need
Yeah I've got problems
Can't you see I'm trying to solve them?

Broke it off with the man in her life finally got the courage to pack up and leave now
She keeps saying she'll be all right but in her mind does she really believe it
Long lines on Piedmont Street but if you hang around you might get a bed there
Turn around and don't look back you've got a piece of your life so take it and run now

[Chorus]

The sun is shining on you
Maureen may all your dreams come true

Broke it off with the man in her life you know she ain't got nothing better
Yeah you know she don't but she keeps on believing

The sun is shining on you
Maureen may all your dreams come true

 

[fox69]

"Take It Or Leave It"

"Take It Or Leave It"



See it
Do you believe it
You can take it
Or you can leave it

See it (take you on a rockin' stroll)
You can believe it (dig yourself a deeper hole)
You can take it (looking high but feeling low)
Or you can leave it (pray to God to save your soul)

Too fast, living on the edge
Don't wanna die before my time
But 12 beers later I'm a terminator
Hey, hey!

See it
Do you believe it
You can take it
Or you can leave it

See it (take you on a rockin' stroll)
You can believe it (dig yourself a deeper hole)
You can take it (looking high but feeling low)
Or you can leave it (pray to God to save your soul)

Too fast, living on the edge
Don't wanna die before my time
But 12 beers later I'm a terminator
Hey, hey!

Too fast, living on the edge
Don't wanna die before my time
But 12 beers later I'm a terminator
Hey, hey!
Punk rock'n'roll, 1996

See it (take you on a rockin' stroll)
You can believe it (dig yourself a deeper hole)
You can take it (looking high but feeling low)
Or you can leave it (pray to God to save your soul)

Too fast, living on the edge
Don't wanna die before my time
But 12 beers later I'm a terminator
Hey, hey!

Too fast, living on the edge
Don't wanna die before my time
But 12 beers later I'm a terminator
Hey, hey!

 

[fox69]

"Tenant Enemy #1"

"Tenant Enemy #1"


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. Tenant Enemy Number One. Through excuses and blatant lies Is how they operate And by continuing a parade of Deception the game just continues, How in the name of decency do They sleep? Tenant Enemy Number One. Tenant Enemy Number One. Just you better look out and Watch your backs... Tenant Enemy Number One. Tenant Enemy Number One.