American Wake Lyrics

On the banks of the Hudson My love and I lay down Just above 42nd Street While the rain was pouring down When I covered her with kisses The sparks lit up her eyes We made love lik...Read Full Lyrics

Mo chara is mo lao thu! (My friend and my calf) Is aisling tri nallaibh (A vision in dream) Do deineadh arir dom (Was revealed to me last night) Igcorcaigh go danach (In Cork, a la...Read Full Lyrics

Everything is still Not a chicken not a body Just an awful sickenin' silence roarin' in my ears And the fog of death deepens and lies upon the land An ould wan rolls over on her ba...Read Full Lyrics

Carlita is waiting down on C & 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 the ...Read Full Lyrics

Mr frankie diamond was my best friend We were partners in a business down on c & 7th Nothin' ever got this good brother down He was a real live wire in an electric town Frankie sta...Read Full Lyrics

My name is Bobby Sands, MP Born in the city of Belfast Divided by religion I grew up fast I was stabbed and I was spat upon My family run out of it's home There was only one soluti...Read Full Lyrics

Standing in your hallway Kiss your angel hair Hear your old grandmother Recite her immigrant prayer If she knew what you had to do She'd probably kill you first But hold on, darlin...Read Full Lyrics

Josie, are you listenin', can you pull the veil apart Is the circle still unbroken, can you touch my serpent heart Is the light still in your window, the latch open on your door Or...Read Full Lyrics

I remember you back in 1992 When they were putting us down Trying to tramp us into the ground You exploded like a flame in the night With a righteous indignation Told us "everythin...Read Full Lyrics

One bright and sunny mornin' down on avenue b As i was returnin' home from a night of debauchery I met me landlord boris, "yo," sez he, "Would ya ever go over to czechoslovakia, Ma...Read Full Lyrics