Brooklyn Girls 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

Danny came over to old New York From Bandon town in the county Cork He got a room on the avenue in Woodside Queens And a job off the books doin' demolition He was kind of different...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' i...Read Full Lyrics

I remember your eyes from the 12th of July When the sirens were screamin' and the flames lit the sky And you held me so tight, thought you'd never let go 'Til the bullets exploded ...Read Full Lyrics

Fatima rises at dawn The hunger like a flame inside her It's the feast of Ramadan And her father's been praying for hours He wears his disapproval In a silence, cold but hysterical...Read Full Lyrics

When first I came to New York town, my eyes were all aglow To see the lights on Broadway, the scrapers rimmed with snow I fell in with some Belfast boys, I whiled the nights away G...Read Full Lyrics

As I roved out one May morning On down by old Times Square I met a sportin' lady Sweet Nancy was her name She said...Read Full Lyrics

Darlin, darlin' you've put up with so much Betrayed by your leaders, abandoned by your church I've watched you suffer, now you're older than your years But you still look beautiful...Read Full Lyrics