New York Town 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

The strobe was pulsin' in the afterhours The booze was flowin' free When I first saw you across that room On down by houston street You were wrapped around a wiseguy For all the wo...Read Full Lyrics

I got a job in a band called Black 47 I was doin' nothin' special after 11 Oh we learned some tunes and wrote some songs And we bought ourselves a drum machine to keep the beat str...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 not g...Read Full Lyrics

Oh Mary Mary, I think I'm crackin' up Everthing is fallin' apart My arms are empty and you have just put A fourty-five slug through my heart I've been riding the D train alll day a...Read Full Lyrics

Hey Rory, you're off to London Playin' the blues with a band called Taste Gonna hit the big time? You better - you're the best On your night you could even leave Hendrix in the dus...Read Full Lyrics

Oh me name it is Sam Hall - chimney sweep chimney sweep Oh me name it is Sam Hall - chimney sweep Oh me name it is Sam Hall and I hate you one and all And me neck must pay for all ...Read Full Lyrics

I came to this country an innocent boy From the green fields of Galway When the hunger was clawin' at me Came for redemption, respect and regard All I got was new masters And a kic...Read Full Lyrics

Your old man, he's in Homicide - NYPD He looks at me suspiciously Your momma she's a psychiatric nurse in the city Works in Bellevue and I look kinda familiar? Still everything wou...Read Full Lyrics

Saw something in the paper just the other day, It was all about a band and the music that they play Black 47 advocates violence, Musical guerillas in their terrorist alliance My an...Read Full Lyrics