American Wake Lyrics

Mister Frankie Diamond was my best friend We were partners in a business down on see & 7th Nothin' ever got this good brother down He was a real live wire in an electric town Fra...Read Full Lyrics

Born on a black monday, me mother screamin' curses Me ould lad in the pub losin' money on the horses Me Granny kicked in the door, said "get a job you bastard" And I come rollin'...Read Full Lyrics

Wait until dawn The streets will be cool and clean again Then it's time to go downstairs And meet the man He'll be sitting' in a limo with a gun in his hand You've been waiting' li...Read Full Lyrics

Maureen got married to a sanitation worker She's livin' out in brooklyn with her mother in law And when her old man's sleepin' Maureen comes creepin' down to the local bar She stan...Read Full Lyrics

Chuckie said "I don't know what's goin' on I'm down on my knees and I'm ah uh oh losin' it Been up and down this new york town Lookin' for a break, just a fair shake of it But the ...Read Full Lyrics

You can wreck my name, vilify me, stretch me on the rack But I won't bow down to any man, be he white or be he black Take away my passport, refuse to let me travel But I will no...Read Full Lyrics

Carlita is waiting down on see & 9th In mantilla and lace And her lover's knife Cries out for revenge But she is silent like a stone And beautiful in her widow's weeds I wait in...Read Full Lyrics

It's Saturday night on the Lower East Side I'm sittin' here contemplatin' suicide I just got mugged down in Tompkins Square When a skinny-assed junkie stuck a bayonet in my ear I...Read Full Lyrics

[Incomprehensible] Paddy came down to Voodoo City Met a lady on Bourbon Street She was dark, she was beautiful Swept that boy right off his feet Runnin' from the man in New York ...Read Full Lyrics