Blackout lyrics

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 down 'cause I'll be back to go another round!

As one!

My blood runs red beneath the knife
I give my soul to you tonight
From early on I was on my own with no light to guide my way

I've lost all the time that I have in this world
I've spent it unwisely, unwisely you see
And I can't get it back and I can't move forward
I'm broken and I'm empty, it's over for me
If I could undo all the wrongs that I've caused
Fall to my knees, pray for swiftness and just
For I'm just a fool, a fool driven to dust
And the world ain't gonna change for me

In a neat little town they call Brockton
Apprenticed in trade I was bound
And many an hour of sweet happiness
I spent in that neat little town
Then bad misfortune befell me
And caused me to stray from the land
Far away from my friends and companions
To follow the black velvet band

As I was out strolling one evening
Not intending to stay very long
I met a frolicsome damsel

Nothing they could do just sit down there
As the black closed all around them
And the water rose so quick and cold
An unlikely place to drown

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Nine in the mine, trapped down below
Down! Down! Down in the ground
And this would be the day I didn't kiss my wife goodbye
Take care of the family, I'm buried alive

They held their heads up high
As they struggled hard to breathe

By a lonely prison wall,
I heard a young girl calling
"Michael they have taken you away.
For you stole Trevelyn's corn,
So the young might see the morn,
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay."

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Low lie, the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly.
Our love was on the wing, we had dreams and songs to sing,
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.

Gonna be a blackout
Gonna nail me 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 the light
There's gonna be a blackout tonight

Cause my town is big and my town is bright
My town can work and my town can fight
So don't strike no light and don't cause a riot
There's gonna be a blackout tonight

I play in a band
We're the best in the land
We're big in both Chelsea and France
I play one mean guitar and then score at the bar
There's a line of chicks waiting for their chance
So come on now honey, I'll make you feel pretty
These other gals mean nothing to me
Let's finish these drinks and be gone for the night
'Cause I'm more than a handfull you'll see

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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 his age or so I'd tell someone.
-Anyone who'd listen and a few who couldn't care
still I welcomed you with open arms my love I did share.

If they can make a law then I can break a law
If I can break the law will the law break me?
It comes tumbling down again, I can't comprehend, is it destiny
Your nomadic state, are you a refugee, no place to call your home
Forever walk alone as the world goes on
Forgotten by the ones you've known

And all the words you gave me
I lost on bended knee
But you can't stop these cravings

It's another November evening
As you remember your way home
You mete out your aggressions
On what's left of your blackened soul
You've come to this conclusion
As you're dragged from another bloody fight
You've reached the age where you've decided
That you've lived out your whole life
Another busted knuckle, taken down by a kick to the balls

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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 down
Drop the puck, it's time to go

Bust outta work, it's quarter-past five
Time to round up the gang
and take the Red to the Orange line

So you say you fell in love and you're gonna get married
Raise yourself a family, how simple life can be
Somewhere it all went wrong and your plan just fell apart
And you aint got the heart to finish what you started

Yeah you fell in love and you went and got married
Had yourself a family, how simple life can be
Somewhere it all went wrong and your plan just fell apart

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 and mills, in the shipyards and mines
We've often been told to keep up with the times
For our skills are not needed, they've streamlined the job

A feeling 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 forward blind?

Am I everything that you wanted me to be?
Have I lost that conditional connection I couldn't see?
To the end
Like a friend
Stands by you again

They they can make a law,

Then I 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?

Your nomadic state,

Are you a refugee,

No place to call your home.

Forever walk alone,

As the world goes on

Forgotten by the ones you've know.

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And all the words you gave me

I lost on bended knee