- Police Beat
(Original song by SS Decontrol) Police pick me out of the crowd, 'cause I dress different, act real loud.Police, PoliceThere's no questions asked, They just wanna kick my ass.Police beat me, Police kick me, Police...
- Simmer Down
(Original song by Bob Marley) Simmer down, my head is too hot soSimmer down, he's gonna get dropped soSimmer down, man, here's what I saySimmer down, now I've got to got to simmer down.A long time ago we used to be...
- Think Again
(Original song by Minor Threat) Everybody's right!Everything I've done is wrong wrong wrong!I've tried to keep it short.You Know it took too *** long.Too much has been said, you think it ***ed my head?Think...
- Drugs And Kittens/I'll Drink To That
(Live, first is another version of "Drunks and Children," followed by "I'll Drink to That") "mighty mighty... bosstones..." Simmer Down, Simmer Down.I know all you people. Yo, Brian hurt himself - he needs Geoffto...
- Illegal Left
(Nate Albert/Dicky Barrett/Joe Gittleman/Bosstones) Illegal left on Sunday morningOn the corner I was warningWaving widly, wildy warning Don't take that turn on Sunday morningA motorcycle cop was waiting, he had to...
- Tin Soldiers
(Original song by Stiff Little Fingers) He turned up to get a jobTo show he wasn't scaredAll wrapped up in that army crapHe thought he'd be preparedWell at the age of seventeen,He was forced to chooseNow at the age of...
- What Was Was Over
(Nate Albert/Dicky Barrett/Bosstones) Do I really wanna step in here?I feel like my father at the horse trackWhen he's down to his last sawbuckDo I really wanna step in here,I'm not as sure as I appearTell me should...
- Someday I Suppose
(Nate Albert/Dicky Barrett/Joe Gittleman/Bosstones) There was a placeAnd the name of the place escapes meWhen I can't rememeberIt irritates meCould be I can't rememberCould be I choose to not,Let's move the song...
- Last Dead Mouse
Step right up,Gather round,Greatest salesman in townSelling something Seldom soldStep up, step up, step up beholdDead mice for sale,They're going fastLike hellLast dead mouse don't be shy,There's never been a better...
- Our Only Weapon
(Dicky Barrett/Joe Gittleman/Bosstones) Read the papers, thing look grimWatch the news, the outlook' dimIt's clear to see there is something wrongCould be that we don't change alotBut we should give it our best...
- Holy Smoke
(Dicky Barrett/Joe Gittleman/Nate Albert/Dennis Brockenborough/Bosstones) You made your bed, that's where you lieNo pearly gates when you dieWe tried to teach, you didn't learnYou're going down, you're gonna burnFast...
- A Man Without
(Dicky Barrett/Joe Gittleman/Bosstones) How did this could this come to this?Helpless heartless loneliness,A hand held out hope someone givesI'm a man without a place to liveA man without a place to goAnd it just...
- Dont Know How To Party
(Nate Albert/Dicky Barrett/Bosstones) I've heard all the stories, the failure and gloriesI haven't had eitherBoast and toast I'm the best and I'm a messI know I'm not neitherThought I was down as far as any man could...
- 737/ Shoe Glue
(Dicky Barrett/Joe Gittleman/Bosstones) Down the street, around the corner,over the bridge, that dirty water,College campus, mighty mindsA reactor right behindPassed the candy factory, Salvation Army, fire...
- Issachar
(Dicky Barrett/Nate Albert/Joe Gittleman/Tim Burton/Bosstones) Where's the wizzler, where's the corn?Get jacuzzi on the horn, where's the wizzlerWhatever happened to the mob?He had to quit and get a jobRoad manager,...
- Almost Anything Goes
(Nate Albert/Dicky Barrett/Bosstones) It's 4:30 in the morn'I'm tattered, tired and tornTrying to keep up the pace,This ain't my home, this ain't my placeThe candle keeps on burning at this point there's no...
- The Cave
In a place where comfort shouldn't beI found comfort and tranquilityI found friends that mean so much to me,in a place I never thought I'd be.the cave's nevercoming down on me.the cave reallymeans so much to me'cause...
- Do Somethin' Crazy
do something crazy for me again,call me up, I need a friendlose your mind, just one more timeI wanna see you again.Hey! Hey! Hey!...please look at meI haven't been crazy since we were weand I wanna be, I wanna be, now...
- Hope I Never Lose My Wallet
never lose my walletit would put me in a spotnever lose my senseat least how much I've gotnever lose my familynever lose my friendsnever lose my youthI hope it never endshope I never lose my walletand hell I hope to...
- Haji
well he was just about the baddest cat in BagdadI mean to tell you that this cat was so badhe was as big as a tiger, mean as a snakeand when haji got angry, the walls would shakeHaji I'm the king of the GeniesHaji and...
- Drunks And Children
Don't mind when it happensno problem when I am sayin' it,but when I lose my mindkick my behindbecause I hate when my mind keeps replayin' it.I'm not braggin', and I'm not proudI hang around a drunken crowdwe are...
- Howwhywuz, Howwhyam
I used to talk to cab driverswell now I just don't botherI'd empty out my pocketsif someone asked me for a quarter.there was a time that I'd give the timeto the old, the weak, and the weird.I just don't know why this...
- The Bartender's Song
Red Sox- they're getting roasted that's for sure thank you sir, can I've another?we've really grown to like each otherI like this beer, and your friendly faceI've really grown to like this placeNO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!...
- A Little Bit Ugly
I can't help it if I was, hey, if I wasn't born with a cool name like Dicky!Alright my name is Dicky Barrett fromn Boston Massachusetts,with me tonight is a warm-hearted human beingand a cold blooded entertainer. Who...
- Devil's Night Out
Remember that night? It seems so clearnow he's back and i'm glad he's herethree long years, millions of beersbut the devil is back, so girls, dry your tearsin his favorite club, in his favorite seatwell I saw the...
- Patricia
I see my girl's been forced to hidea brand new emptiness insideI wish that I could fill the spaceit's not my place to take the placeshe's been hurt and she's been lost beforethis loss has her alone once moreeven...
- Sugar Free
They'll talk about it after dinnerOver after dinner drinksThen tie it to the car's antennaAnd pray the sinking feeling shrinksIf they make it to see monkey timeIt's difficult without a spineLike the yellow bellied...
- You Can't Win
This won't be so hard to followYou must replace your common senseAnd then you will find it's hard to swallowIt's been based on real eventsYou can only hear what you wanna hearThey're wide awake and they're well...
- Shit Out Of Luck
Check the new car out in the mirrorHere comes the fastest man in the traffic jamA major road rager with a bone to pickI'll take another quick look and I'm over itRight you're richer now weren't you happierwhen you...
- The Old School Off The Bright
Bring in the skins, with the pinsAnd the patches on their flightsThe rovers with the cloversWho've spent too many nightsOut with us till closing timeWe hope we're not imposing youGet the crew togetherIt's the old...
- Seven Ways To Sunday
Seven ways to SundaySeven seperate ways to SundayBut he didn't know which oneWould save him, so he had to tryEvery code and combinationOn the road to his salvationThere were no two ways about itHe had seven ways to...
- Go Big
Do you wanna go big? do you wanna go back?Do you wanna get way ahead yourselfWith your integrity in tact?Do you wanna go on? Do you wanna go out?Kicking and screaming while they drag youWill you let them bind and gag...
- A Jackknife To A Swan
Shortly after EvelynWas doused with gasoline And just a few miles off the avenueA lighter flashed into a puff of smokeFor thirty years Walter worked right thereFive days out of every weekThat's where he watched his...
- The Punch Line
Sometimes, sometimes you've got to be the punch lineAnd sometimes, sometimes you get to tell the jokeThere's no difference on the end you end up onI've got a preference I'll defend right, right over wrongI won't wait...
- You're Chasing The Sun Away
Outside the sun rose you stayed insideYou kept your eyes closedAnd pulled down the shades on your windowsYou decided to hide out from the sunlightIt's too bright and it just doesn't sit rightWith the way you're...
- You Gotta Go
I hadn't heard a word from you in how longYou just dropped off the faceYou disappeared without a traceAnd no one knew what you were up toOr where your whereabouts wereOr if you were aliveThat's why your call to me...
- I Want My City Back
Up around 95Sailing down Starrow DriveLeft exit into Kenmore SquareSlowed down when I got thereAnd that's when it was crystal clearIt wasn't there, it wasn't where I left it, when I left itI want my city backBack the...
- Mr. Moran
I was under the boss when they made himand I was made a short time after thatI was under oath when I testifiedI'm under government protectionnow they're calling me a ratMr. Moran, that's who I amSome call me Sal, some...
- Everybody's Better
Everybody's better than I amI think everybody's better than meEverybody's swell I guessThey're doing well some more or lessEverybody's better than I am I thinkYou know, to be king you don't need a castleTo row, back...
- Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
(Original song by Van Halen) Oh yeah I heard the news baby,all about your diseaseyou may have all that you want to honeybut I got somethin' you need Oh yeah,I ain't talkin' 'bout loveMy love is rotten to the coreI...
- Enter Sandman
(Original song by Metallica) say your prayers little one don't forget my son,to include everyonetuck you in, warm withinkeep you free from sin, til the sandman, he comessleep with one eye open, gripping your pillow...
- Sweet Emotion
(Original song by Aerosmith) talk about things nobody careswearing other things that nobody wearscallin' my name, but I gotta make it clearcan't say where I'm gonna be in a year some sweet talking mama with a face...
- Do Something Crazy
Do something crazy for me again,call me up, I need a friendlose your mind, just one more timeI wanna see you againHey! Hey! Hey! please look at meI haven't been crazy since we were weand I wanna be, I wanna be, now...
- So Sad To Say
i'll let you in on how i'm feeling you've got a lot of nerve you'll get what you deserve granted this feelings unappealing i'm bitter, i'll admit now i've gotta deal with it just one more thing okay it so s-sad to...
- She Just Happened
What took her to the city was some sort of scholarship. Some Fancy New York Fashion Institute. HerJunkie Boyfriend took to crime, which took up too much of her time. It only took a year till she took a different...
- Together
I could stand on the roof of this dump Try not to fall, try not to jump Take hold of my anger, it needs lettin' go Up on a roof, look out below I'll go! Alone! Alone! All Alone! I could find a quiet corner somewhere...
- They Came To Boston
(Dicky Barrett/Nate Albert) they came to Boston on their vacationthey came, they saw, they annoyed methey saw it all, what! Fanueil Hall! It's best if they just avoid merented a car to see the sights they found the...
- Guns And The Young
(Dicky Barrett/Nate Albert) Police have no suspects yet,Both women have been shot twice in the headGang violence in BostonNo parent has planned that their children would leave them on this earth through...
- Awfully Quiet
(Mighty Mighty Bosstones) I like noise, that's why I'm livin' where I am.I like the noise and confusion of a traffic jam.I like the sound of a jet as it's shakin' my dwellin'I like ragin', rampagin' and screamin' and...
- Bad In Plaid
(Nate Albert/Dennis Brockenborough) Polk-a-dots just don't go pointy shoes hurt my toespaisley makes me nauseous when I'm down with plaid, be cautious***ed up stripes, just don't feel right when I'm chillin with Joe...
- What's At Stake
(Original song by Slapshot) stick that needle right through your arm, do everything that does you harmso you're lying there on the floor, see ya staggering out the doortry it and you like it and you know you can, take...
- It Can't Hurt
(Dicky Barrett/Joe Gittleman) you thought the idea was good, to hang around in my neighborhoodthought it was a good idea, you even thought it might advance your careerThought that! you thought that time was on your...
- Dogs And Chaplains
Don't mind when it happensno problem when I am saying itbut when I lose my mind, kick my behindbecause I hate when my mind keeps replaying itI'm not bragging and I'm not proudI hang around with a drunken crowdwe are...
- Stand Off
I couldn't be more confusedbut more than that I'm upsetwe once stood side by sidewe were young when we metwe'd always stand togetherthat's how we had it plannednow where do we stand ohI can't stand the painI guess I...
- A Dollar And A Dream
I've got a dollar, that I want to savesafe in my pocket, I'll try to hold fasthey! it might be my lastI know what I've got, folded safe in its spotI earned a dollar, it's not here to shareI've got a dollar and that's...
- Pictures To Prove It
well you insisted the day you walked awaythat we shared nothing, but I've got somethingI'd still like to sayyou're not here to listen, and we were never good at thatlet's set the record straight, we shared something...
- 365 Days
It's gripping, I'm rippingI haven't just been sippingstressing no messingwill I ever learn my lesson?I'm always amazed, by what can take placewithin the space of 300-365sinning, I'm spinningin the beginning I was...
- A Sad Silence
two years and extra days, a block away he'd head to hangsame corner, neighborhood, his friends, the gangtwo years and extra days, a bigger kid would crack his eyeno real reason, explanation and everyday no one knew...
- We Should Talk
Don't touch that dial, don't click the clicker we love to watch, they love to bickerdon't turn the knob or change the channelhey! where the hell did they get this panel?where are they from? where have they been?they...
- Toxic Toast
Queensbury ah #8hell hotel punk rock estateway way back back in the day100 years it seems that wayjust across from Wayne's Junk Store3 floors up then straight aheadif someone thought to lock the dooruse the fire...
- Jump Through The Hoops
wake up and shake myself out of bed againshaking the day down in my head and thenit's up and out, rise and shine, on the doubleno time to slack, attack, and tackle the troubleshake myself out of bed againno time to...
- Bronzing The Garbage
You're off baseout of line and in my facebrace yourself - I'm coming throughand before you know what's hit youyou'll have heard my point of viewtrash is trashhave I got your attention?there's more that you should...
- Desensitized
Woke up early On the tenth anniversary GOOD MORNING Fit in clips of it Between food prep shorts Weather reports Check the day's commute And a look at sports I remember how the wind Was knocked from me Before it...
- Let's Face It
It's so hard to face That in this day and age Somebody's race Could trigger somebody's rage And somebody's preference Can drive some total stranger to make somebody, somehow feel the wrath of their anger Why were we...
- Rascal King
From the album Let's Face ItWell he was fueled by a lackDrew inspiration from a needSo many problems to crackAnd mouths to feedCrooked was the pathAnd brazen was the walkA cocky swagger, up the ladderAnd could he ever...
- The Rascal King
Well he was fueled by a lack Drew inspiration from a need So many problems to crack And mouths to feed Crooked was the path And brazen was the walk A cocky swagger, up the ladder And could he ever talk The last...
- Break So Easily
You would break so easily So fragile that it frightens me A harsh sudden reality A painful possibility To see it's like the strangest dream to be it needs to still be seen As loud as any noise you've heard As quiet...
- Noise Brigade
Without any training It's pouring, It's raining Training or a trade Hey, you bet I'm afraid Unequipped with a skill But I'm thrilled with the thrill Underskilled, unprepared Hey, who wouldn't be scared Bring on the...
- Numbered Days
Familiar with his kind He'll beat someone down for fun He's got an ax to grind And he'll target anyone Brass knuckled in his pocket Steel-toed shoes Live of the party When you factor in booze Familiar with his kind...
- Another Drinkin' Song
Gonna dive into a jive I've dove into before Gonna haunt a haunt I've haunted Like a million times or more A familiar joint Where getting drunk's the only point To frequent this place With any frequency at all...
- Royal Oil
Royal Oil, come on bubble and boil Stabs like a dagger, make you stagger On the hot tin foil Mind your mind or it will surely spoil then you sleep down in the soil Nothing comes from nothing, come on Royal Oil When...
- Desentisized
Woke up early on the tenth anniversary.GOOD MORNING.Fit in clips of it between food prepshorts, weather reports.Check the days' commute and a look at sports.I remember how the wind was knocked from me before it became...
- Nevermind Me
He didn't hit me for a home Or hit me up 'cause he was cold He was addicted to drugs And I could see that in his eyes What about me? Well I was only rolled He didn't rob me for food It wasn't hunger, but a jonze He...
- That Bug Bit Me
That bug bit me, I'll admit Stunned - it took a while to hit But when it hit me, I was bit Shit, I came clean with it No match, who am I No match, who am I, so why try to deny it Just a regular guy, who won't even...
- 1-2-8
They played something They made something Brand new a baby blue machine Brass tacks, duct tape For the great escape Packed in there like sardines Back and forth East, south, west, north Shred the atlas burn the map...
- The Impression That I Get
Have you ever been close to tragedy Or been close to folks who have Have you ever felt a pain so powerful So heavy you collapse No well... I've never had to knock on wood But I know someone who has Which makes me...
- Kinder Words
No time now for losing tempersor filling up with rage or angerflying off the handle could be detrimentalcalmer hands are called for herea breath or two might be appliedwe'll count to ten and then decidea rash decision...
- Doctor D
(Dicky Barrett/Joe Gittleman) WAAAhh What are these noises?We're sending this one out to a beautiful, beautiful human beingNoise, noise, noise from down belowand It's coming from the basementit's underneath the house...
- I'll Drink To That
(Dicky Barrett/Joe Gittleman) standing stiff on a cliff and I'm not gonna leap,checked out the water but it's much too deepno going back there's no turning around,so I'll stay here and wait God I hope that I'm foundmy...
- Cowboy Coffee
(Dicky Barrett/Joe Gittleman) to put up with the output I don't think about it,hold on and hold out or I'd be left out without itthings better get better I gotta getthing's should get good but they haven't yetwhile...
- Hell Of A Hat
that's a hell of a hat that you're wearingit goes real well with the earringfive through the nose, bold and daringyou've got to pardon me if I'm staringman, I really dig your shoesphat fade and fresh tattoosbet the...
- He's Back
(Dicky Barrett/Nate Albert/Joe Gittleman) when he left, he showed up at my door, different than he was beforeI was scared, and he was way off track I thought he wasn't coming backhe told me, people were out after him...
- Where'd You Go?
hello?checked the clock when I got homeand realized I was alonesat for hours by the windowwonderin' where did you go?couldn't eat or sleep at alltook the pictures off the wallpaced the place as time moves slowand I'm...
- Lights Out
(Original song by Angry Samoans) Nothing more you can leave behind.So forget about seeing, and get it into your mind.Whole thing is better when the world gets black.Grab a fork, you make your first attack.Lights out!...
- Doctor D.
WAAAHHWhat are these noises? We're sending this one out to a beautiful, beautiful human being Noise, noise, noise from down below And It's coming from the basement It's underneath the house now and It's rockin' the...
- Where'd You Go
Checked the clock when I got home And realized I was alone Sat for hours by the window Wonderin' where did you go? Couldn't eat or sleep at all Took the pictures off the wall Paced the place as time moves slow And I'm...
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