Dropkick Murphys are an Irish American Celtic punk/hardcore punk band formed in Quincy, Massachusetts. First playing together in the basement of a friend's barbershop, they blended traditional folk rock and punk rock known as Celtic punk. Their influences include Stiff Little Fingers, The Pogues, The Clash, Thin Lizzy, The Dubliners, Hot Water Music, and the Swingin' Utters.
The band has made a name for itself and built a following as a... [read more] - Barroom Hero
Face down in the gutter won't admit defeat though his clothes are soiled and black, He's a big, strong man with a childs mind, Don't you take his booze away! He's been at it for years drinking balls and beer he's a...
- Do Or Die
The once steel tough fabric of a Union man Was sold and Bartered away Fed to money wolves in the Reagen years, Caught in a drift in greedy nintetie's days So inside this song is our rally cry. Your dreams are in...
- Caught In A Jar
Now there comes a day, in every man's life Where decisions have to be made: Whether to toil, Labor or just plain piss your days away, Away, Away! Got a funny feeling that my times are Caught in a jar... Madness and...
- Get Up
I went North to see the Stiff Little Fingers play The kids in the Belfast were tearing it up Jake is the punkest dude I do declare He got a leather jacket, and the spikey hair. "We All Fall Down." So Get Up Now. "We...
- Tenant Enemy #1
Well its always been about big Money for them, they're greedy and they Reek Soaring profits, big gains, The Cash Accumulation Gains is all these cowards seek And they always find a way to kick out the needy. Tenant...
- Fightstarter Karaoke
Riot tonight everybody letis go gonna start a fight but with who I donit know. Riot tonight everybody letis go gonna start a fight but with who I donit know. Doesnit take a big man to knock somebody down just a little...
- Memories Remain
Well we started shooting hoops now we're sipping Black and Tans From the park to the pub was the course we ran The times have changed but friends remain My heard and soul's with you Cause one things for sure I always...
- Road Of The Righteous
Now I saw a man stand up one day and fight to save his life, just a common worker, Supporting his kids and his wife, he Put a plug in his jug things looked Up for sure but the whole damn Thing of it was there is no...
- Finnegan's Wake (Traditional)
Tim Finnegan lived in Watling Street, A gentle Irishman - Mighty Odd - He'd a beautiful brogue So rich and sweet, to rise in the world He carried a hod, You see He'd sort of a Trippling way: with love for a liquor...
- Skinhead On The MBTA (Traditional)
Now let me tell you a story of a big ole' skinhead On a tragic and fateful day He put 10 cents in his pocket kicked his wife and family And went to ride on the M.B.T.A. Did he ever return, no he never returned and his...
- Noble
You grew up honest and straight, Always One of the guys The laughs, the brews, good friends forever "Drinking Commaraderie" But then one night you were taken from Us, gone forever lost Stolen away in an Ashmont Second...
- Boys On The Docks (Murphys' Pub Version)
Say hey johnny boy, the battle call Uninted we stand, divided we fall Together we are what we canit be alone We came to this country you made it our home. This man so humble, this man so brave A legand to many, he...
- 3rd Man In
My friends, my town... comraderie. Weill never finish last We stood as one where are they now We grew up fast To young to know or really give a shit the past has left us worse for ware. Be strong and stand Stand up...
- Boy's On The Docks
Say hey Johnny Boy the battle callUnited we stand, divided we fallTogether we are what we can be aloneWe came to this country, you made it our home.This man so humble, this man so brave
- Bar Room Hero
Face down in the gutter won't admit defeat though his clothes are soiled and black, he's a big, strong man with a childs mind, Don't you take his booze away!He's been at it for years drinkin' balls and beer he's a...
- Far Away Coast
Here in the trenches the fist of the Beast For fear of an atmosphere poisened deceased With a gas mask to keep me-from breathing my death It's American soil I hope for at best But the duty I serve can't begin to...
- Take It Or Leave It
See it, do you believe it, you can take it, or leave it. Take you on a rockin stroll, dig yourself a deeper hole. Lookin high but feelin low, pray to God to save your soul.Too fast livin on the edge don't wanna die...
- Boys On The Docks
Say hey johnny boy, the battle call Uninted we stand, divided we fall Together we are what we canit be alone We came to this country you made it our home. This man so humble, this man so brave A legand to many, he...
- Denial
In the face of all thats obvious I continue to wreck my life... So set in my ways it's impossible to do whats good... Smokin, jokin + boozin my time away Just livin for the pain + lies "caught in denial"... Look in...
- On The Attack
the scene often changes, the kids come and go but history's for sure and this much i know. the root of tough music for america's youth was old school hardcore, you know it's the truth! this is my world, wolfpack, last...
- Sunshine Highway
Yeah, me and my girl we're acting up again all rightShe ain't much of a looker, she can handle her ParaldehydeYou were up all night at the Captain's Table drinking Tango & gin by the old pianoPlaying cards and smoking...
- Four Dead Cheerleaders
Tammy flunked a test yesterday and all she does is cryif they kick her off the cheerleaders squadshe knows she's gonna dieshe can't even go home tonight because she is so afraidthat her parents might ground her'cause...
- Regular Guy
Iive got two hands in my pocket and a pistol to my head as I walk the line in front of me theres no looking back. As I trudge the path of destiny my opinion doesnit pay, Iim a blue collar simple mind who cannot find...
- Guns Of Brixton
When they kick at your front door, How you gonna come? With your hands on your head, Or on the trigger of your gun. When the law break in, How you gonna go? Shot down on the pavement Or waiting on death row. You can...
- Career Opportunites
[The Clash cover song]The offered me the office, offered me the shop. They said I'd better take anything they'd got. Do you wanna make tea at the BBC? Do you wanna be, do you really wanna be a cop? (no ***in' way)...
- The Irish Drinking Song
Well I stumble and toy aroundI'm drunk and full of smokeMy wife tells me I've had enough And said I'm sick get outSo I stumble down to Kelly's Pub Across the edge of townAnd I told the boys me story And we have...
- Kiss Me, I'm Shitfaced
I play in a bandWe're the best in the landWe're big in both Chelsea and FranceI play one mean guitar and then score at the barThere's a line of chicks waiting for their chanceSo come on now honey, I'll make you feel...
- Eurotrash
This Song Goes Out To All The Trendy, Spoiled Bastards Who Listen To Shitty Music! Euro Trash, go away, so so trenty, your pathetic. Euro Scumbag, champagne and cavier, techno bullshit, blarin from your daddys car....
- John Law
Now let me tell you about a man named John Law Heis a neighborhood cop the toughest man I ever saw A man who knows his duty, a man with a gun To the people in the neighborhood John Law is number one Freeze, we said...
- Billy's Bones
Billy ran around with the rare old crew. And he knew an arsenal from Tottenham blue We'd be a darn sight better off if we knew Where Billy's bones are resting now Billy saw a copper and he hit hime in the knee Took...
- The New American Way
"The punishment no longer fits the crime"Each day when I wake up and I set my best foot forwardI'll make an effort to be all that I can be.I take a look around me and I wonder how things change so muchin the few short...
- The Rocky Road To Dublin (Traditional)
In the merry month of June from my home I startedleft the girls of Taum nearly brokenhearted saluted me father dear,kissed me darling mother drank a pint of beer,my grief and tears to smother then off to reap the...
- The Spicy McHaggis Jig
I'll tell you a story, believe me it's truea tale you'd best hope never happens to you old spicy mcHaggis,how he met his fate you I can save, but for him it's too lateSpicy was big, burly and strong his pipes were...
- The Torch
Wash away all the lines on your face that show how you've aged it's a long way downyour back's been broken you can't make the rounds the tables are turned as the litany goes...you're a rotten old man who'll be covered...
- A Few Good Men
It's time we stood up for ourselves so get up off your knees.We'll shake off our detractors and attain our hopes and dreamsand if we fall prey to in-fighting, we're never gonna win,so put aside your differences, sing...
- The Gauntlet
Well, I just got back from a break in the fight I was weighing in heavy but still feeling alrightAll I hear in the distance, mines and shellsHere come the sirens wailing, another attack to be repelledDo you think...
- The Fortunes Of War
[Dedicated to the memory of Brian Deneke]Each town has its cliques those who don't get alongand then there's towns I know where certain kids just don't belongso know your rivals and watch your back'cause no one's...
- Forever
"Never take your loved ones for granted: they could be gone tomorrow"all of my dreams seem to fall by the side like a discarded thought or the day's fading lightbut I know that if I could just see you tonight forever...
- The Wild Rover (Traditional)
I've been a wild rover for many's the year and I've spent all me money on whiskey and beerand now I'm returning with gold in great store and I never will play the wild rover no more[Chorus:]And it's no, nay, never no,...
- The Legend Of Finn Mac
CumhailThis mighty soldier on the eve of the warhe waged told his troops of lessons learned from battles fought:"May your heart grow bolder like an iron--clad brigade" said this leader to his outnumbered lot.Known as...
- Good Rats
Have you ever stopped to think about what rats do for run?Sure they crawl around and scurry,yeah they're always on the run but a rat sure likes a good timejust like you and meI'll prove it with a tale about a...
- For Boston
For Boston for Boston, we sing our proud refrain for Boston for Boston 'tis wisdom's earthly famefor here are all one and our hearts are true and the towers on the heights reach the heavens own blue.for boston for...
- Which Side Are You On?
Our father was a union man some day i'll be one too.The bosses fired daddy what's our family gonna do?Come all you good workers good news to youI'll tell of how the good old union has come in here to...
- Ramble And Roll
Driving down the highway and I've got no lights dreaming about my future,but it's fading away in the nightwhat do you want out of life when you don't play by the rulesI've got no expectations and I fully expect to...
- Heroes From Our Past
And so the story's told of a hearty group of men it's a tale of their triumphs and their woes.Be it raids and melees ancient or the modern worker's strugglethat inspires men to stand up for their rights.And should we...
- The Only Road
How could you choose a path without knowing where you'd end upWhere you came from was a time and place that you had never been- Is this the only roadCan you fake your way through conversation or just simply turn...
- Devils Brigade
You've got no one to defend you, you're out on your ownStill fighting on the corner, you can never go homeIn this world of temptation, in this city of sinThere's nothing that can save you, but a strength from...
- Roll Call
Rally together gather around, the scent of a battle is near.The cannon sounds, a new year begins.Fear nothing now the gangs all here
- Fighting 69th (Traditional)
Come all you gallant heroes,And along with me combinedI'll sing a song, it won't take long,Of the Fighting Sixty NinthThey're a band of men brave, stout and bold,From Ireland they cameAnd they have a leader to the...
- Curse Of A Fallen Soul
Another Wake,Another Time,A Premature Goodbye.I've watched you go and seen you pass,I always knew it wouldn't last.Together now we mourn the loss, and remember all the fun.We'll Drink the beer and hang out where death...
- Perfect Stranger
Schizophrenic nightmares sending shivers down my spineI may be a little twisted, but I swear that my life is fine[Chorus:] I'm living with a perfect stranger, is there anybody home?I'm living with a perfect stranger,...
- Homeward Bound
I've seen street corner preachers spending discharge payBetween periods of getting stiff and happy tipplers singing songs of discontentmentWith each and every passing sip from the bookmaker's clerk on the rowdy racing...
- The Gang's All Here
Well the devil's nipping at your heels and this time it's for realA lonely hunger starts to gnaw as you wish away the painOf another desperate dead end day forever filled with sadnessTo forget about the pain you take...
- Boston Asphalt
Searching for the best break the black forties could afford themCame these ever-proud world-renowned rowdy, roving menWith a firmness and a purpose that so many did dismissSailed these huddled human ballasts on their...
- Going Strong
There's a brand new century about to begin and the kidsof the 90's are paving' the path, for the youth of America,free at last from the violence and destruction that destroyed our name,whenever there was trouble we...
- Blood And Whiskey
Urban legend and American folklore,Tells of a man who was one of a kindA sure gent with a flair for fashion, prone to violence at any timeA legendary hooligan with a thirst for blood and a taste for boozeThis brave...
- 10 Years Of Service
The status of our future in both past and present time,is relegated to a member of a higher class than mine.To Determine and direct the lives of family men who bear the burdenof living up to standard that doesn't...
- Amazing Grace (Traditional)
Verse 1:Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like meI once was lost but now I'm foundWas blind but now I seeVerse 2:'Twas grace that taught my heart to fearAnd grace my fears relievedHow precious did...
- Upstarts And Broken Hearts
I once met a young girl filled with fire,That saw through my front to this shell of a manShe knew I'd be a handful from the start,This strong willed woman had an angels heartThe holes in these wings don't allow me to...
- Pipebomb On Lansdowne
It's Friday night and the street's filled with freaks, come watch as the useless flock to the beatOf the techno noise that enhances their high, a bombs gonna blow and I think you know why![Chorus:] Everybody's running...
- Wheel Of Misfortune
Cowboys and coppers verse injuns and robbers,take a guess for which side I was proneManiacal pleasures and a taste for misfortune,the legacy for which I was known[Chorus:]Down and out, I scream and I shout.For this...
- The Burden
He came from nothing he tried 'em allYa' gotta live low before you see them fallAlways a loser he lost his shineThey had no idea what kept the beast aliveCHORUS:But Frankie's gonna be alrightYeah Frankie's gonna be...
- Your Spirit's Alive
We are the ones who will never be brokenWe are the ones who surviveThis is the sound that brings us togetherYou are the one by our sideCHORUS:And through it all, the spirit's aliveAnd through it all, your spirit's...
- World Full Of Hate
A felling inside In the back of my head Like a song I still know From so long ago And I wouldn't change a thing Like a car driving by Triggers something in my mind Am I retreiving my direction? Or just charging...
- Gonna Be A Blackout Tonight
Gonna be a blackout Gonna nail me a black curtain up good an' tight Gonna do what my air raid man says is right I'm gonna pull down my shade an' turn out my light There's gonna be a blackout, blackout tonight Cause my...
- The Outsider
If they can make a law Then they can break a law If I can break a law Will the law break me? It comes tumbling down again I can't comprehend Is it destiny? A nomadic state Are you a refugee? No place to call your home...
- Hot As Ice
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahYeah, yeah, yeah, yeahYeah, yeah, yeah, yeahYeah, yeah, yeah, yeahI'm just a girl with the ability to drive a man crazyMake him call me "mama," make him my new babyNew and improved and sayin'...
- Fields Of Athenry
By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl callingMichael, they have taken you away,For you stole Trevelyan's corn,So the young might see the morn.Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.[Chorus:]Low lie the...
- The Outcast
If they can make a lawThen I can break a lawIf I can break a lawWill the law break me?It comes tumbling down againI can't comprehendIs it destiny?A nomadic stateAre you a refugee?No place to call your homeForever walk...
- Black Velvet Band
In a neat little town they call Boston Apprenticed to trade I was bound And many an hour's sweet happiness I spent in that neat little town Then bad misfortune befell me That caused me to stray from the land Far away...
- Walk Away
So you say you fell in loveAnd you're gonna get marriedRaise yourself a familyHow simple life can beSomewhere it all went wrongAnd your plan just fell apartAnd you aint got the heartto finish what you startedYeah you...
- This Is Your Life
Its another November eveningAs you remember your way homeYou (beat?) out your aggressive tendenciesOn whats left of your blackend soul.You've come to this conclusionAs your dragged from another bloody fightYou've...
- Time To Go
[Chorus:]Go! Go! Black and gold! Old-time hockey, bar the door Clear the track it's all-out war Light the lamp, throw a hit Black and gold never quit The barn is full, our team's in town So put 'em up boys, knock 'em...
- Worker's Song
Yeh, this one's for the workers who toil night and day By hand and by brain to earn your pay Who for centuries long past for no more than your bread Have bled for your countries and counted your dead In the factories...
- The Dirty Glass
Murphy, Murphy darling dear I long for you now night and day.Your pain was my pleasure your sorrow my joy I fear now I've lost you to health and good cheer.Darcy when I met you i was 5 years too young, a boy beyond...
- Bastards On Parade
I've lost all the time that I have in this worldI've spent it unwisely, unwisely you seeAnd I can't get it back and I can't move forwardI'm broken and I'm empty, it's over for meIf I could undo all the wrongs that...
- Buried Alive
Nothing they could do but sit down there with the black coal all around them, and the water rose so quick and cold, an unlikely place to drown. Nine in the mine, trapped down below- down, down, down in the ground and...
- The State Of Massachusetts
she had excuses and she chose to use themshe was the victim of unspeakable abusesher husband was violent, malicious and distanther kids now belong to the state of Massachusetts!they've been taken away!they've been...
- Echoes On 'A' Street
Anxious nights give way to daylightShe don't cry and she don't complainTo honor, cherish, protect and keep youShe took your problems and took your nameAll she wants to do is stroll down the islandShe don't care if...
- Loyal To No
I first meet this man at the Cammen street Tracks.In no shape for Success headed nowhere to fast.He may have been someone once by the sound of his call,now he answers to no one.NO-ONE AT ALL!We all die alone, He...
- Never Forget
In a child's eye there's something I hope someday you'll knowA friend's dedication, it's something to beholdA mother's smile, it makes everything alrightTo a women's caring hand I'll be holding on tonightWhen you got...
- Tomorrow's Industry
Young Kids in Catholic SchoolsElderly Parents Living Under Your RoofYou Pay The Bills and You Pay The PriceYou Don't Back Down and You Won't Play NiceThe Disgraced Values of the Company ManAre Why you Fight And...
- I'll Begin Again
My first day out it rainedEight years on a chainFor a crime that wasn't mine, I did the timeAs the door shut behind meI was left so lonelyNo one remembered, no one was thereTo hear my please to hear my prayersI'll...
- Surrender
I was at my weakest stateAnd you kept pushing me onYou gave me something to believe inAnd it keeps me standing strongThese lessons that I've learnedThese things I'll carry onAnd when you're gone I'll honor youEach...
- Vices And Virtues
Now hear me all you victimsCome listen, gather aroundFor now we'll tell the story of four brothers in the groundOne died from the bottle though he wouldn't harm a flyHe froze in the south end alleyBehind a gin mill...
- Rude Awakenings
The bed was still warm where I sleptFrom these hours I wish to forgetWith the night still fresh on my breathI awoke to the grim face of deathI thought it was all just a nightmareI guess it was trueAs I crawled across...
- Flannigan's Ball
In the town of Milton oneBrian Flannigan battered away till his money was spentThen he hit a big one and felt like a man again,Bought a three decker with two floors for rentHe threw a big party for friendsAnd...
- Famous For Nothing
The barrel fire's fadingMy pals are disappearingAnother night is passing but I won't goIt's 2AM at townieand things are going my wayThree buds, a glove and a foot of snowThere's two little shitsSelling joints on the...
- Fairmount Hill
Last night as I lay dreaming of pleasant days gone byMy mind was spent on rambling to Boston I did flyI stepped on board a vision and I followed with the windWhen next I came to anchor at the rocks on Fairmount HillIt...
- Jailbreak
Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreakSomewhere in this townSee me and the boys we don't like itSo were getting up and going downHiding low looking right to leftIf you see us coming I think it's bestTo move away do you...
- Shattered
Something's gone wrong with the world todayWhat's the matter with the human raceEverybody's fighting for more power and moneyBraveheart's a racistThe paperboy's a junkieAnd what's with the role models for all our boys...
- God Willing
Ricky and GarWell, they took it too farThey didn't make itThey didn't make itChrissy and StageThough they made no mistakesThey didn't make itThey didn't make itWhether living with hopeor at the end of the ropeIt isn't...
- Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya
When On The Road To Sweet Athy, Hurroo HurrooWhen On The Road To Sweet Athy, Hurroo HurrooWhen On The Road To Sweet Athy,A Stick In The Hand, A Drop In The EyeA Doleful Damsel I Heard CryJohnny I Hardly Knew YaWhere...
- Front Seat
Some times I get so fired up I never feel like commin down. But your attitude you have is tearin us apart. You constantly whine and moan, waxing passively. I've got a solution for you today. We'll take the front seat...
- Euro Trash
This Song Goes Out To All The Trendy, Spoiled Bastards Who Listen To Shitty Music! Euro Trash, go away, so so trenty, your pathetic. Euro Scumbag, champagne and cavier, techno bullshit, blarin from your daddys car....
- Boys On The Dock
[Dedicated to the memory of John Kelly]Say hey Johnny boy, the battle call.United we stand, divided we fall.Together we are what we can't be alone,We came to this country, you made it our home.This man so humble, this...
- Never Alone
You say its becasue weire boisterous You hate us cause we got our dignity We stand together proud and strong This is a place where we belong We got loyal friends we keep our heads held high, Weill stick together you...
- Caps And Bottles
When I was thirteen, I bought a scally cap looked up to the older guys who drank at the ratcouldn't wait to grow up just to drink with the crew put my name on the map and have a social fewI recall when I was small I...
- In The Streets Of Boston
Got a bleak perspective, I'm a streetwise man. Going wowhere with my life. Careening toward an early death, a streetwise man; On the corner every night. So brace-for impact, brace-for impact, brace-for impact, why...
- Take It And Run
Maureen's out on the street againDidn't get the job 'cause she missed her appointmentShe don't know if the kids are fedThey've got holes in their shoes and the cold's coming quick nowThe power's off the bills ain't...
- Captain Kelly's Kitchen
Come single guy and gal unto me pay attentionDon't ever fall in loveIt's the devil's own inventionFor once he fell in love with a maiden so bewitchingMiss Henrietta Bell down in Captain Kelly's kitchenCHORUS: With me...
- I'm Shipping Up To Boston
I'm a sailor pegand i've lost my legi've climbed up the top sailsi've lost my leg!I'm shipping up to Boston whoaI'm shipping up to Boston whoaI'm shipping up to Boston whoaI'm shipping off...to find my wooden legI'm a...
- The Auld Triangle
A hungry feelingCame o'er me stealingAnd the mice were squeelingIn my prison cellAnd that auld triangle went jingle-jangleAll along the banks of the Royal CanalOh! To start the morningThe warden bawling"Get up out of...
- Wicked Sensitive Crew
Well it's all gone to hell now, the wimps have gangs.Pop-punk tough guys, neck tattoos.If you guys are hard, I'd rather be soft.Man, I gotta find me some seriously sensitive dudes.You gotta shake hands with your...
- The Green Fields Of France
oh how do you do, young willy mcbridedo you mind if i sit here down by your gravesideand rest for a while in the warm summer suni've been walking all day, and im nearly doneand i see by your gravestone you were only...
- The Warrior's Code
You're the fighter you've got the fireThe spirit of a warrior, the champion's heartYou fight for your life because the fighter never quitsYou make the most of the hand you're dealtBecause the quitter never winsNo!You...
- The Walking Dead
[Verse 1:]The greats come alive, the wall is one fireWe've been to this place before.Yeah we danced through the night as the place burned bright.And the pages passed out on the floor.[Chorus:]WhatÂ’s so new about what...
- The Worker's Song
This ones for the workerswho tired night and dayby hand and by brainto earn your payWho for centuries gone pastfor no more than your breadhave bled for your countriesand counted your deadIn the factories and millsin...
- Piece Of Me
Iâ??m Miss American Dream since I was 17Donâ??t matter if I step on the sceneOr sneak away to the PhilippinesThey still gonna put pictures of my derri�¨re in the magazineYou want a piece of...
- As One
Tonight my son I'll heed the call. If you're to live, then I must fall. Just give me one more moment, another walk out in the sun one more day to find some justice with your shadow by my side Cuff me, tie me, lock me...
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