Road To Ruin 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

I never figured it would end up this way As I lay on the ground, and silently prayed For god's intervention, my soul to save Who the hell is the saint of lost causes? I could see f...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 sittin' in a limo with a gun in his hand You've been waitin' like...Read Full Lyrics