Boys On The Dock (EP, 1997)



1. Boys On The Docks
2. Never Alone
3. In The Streets Of Boston
4. Caps And Bottles
5. Euro Trash
6. Front Seat

"Boys On The Docks"

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 man so brave.
A legend to many, he fought to his grave.
Saved family and friends from the hardship and horror,
in a land of depression he gave hope for tomorrow.

Say Johnny me boy, this ones for you.
With the strength of many and the courage of few.
To what do we owe this man who's fight
was for the masses, he gave his life.

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.

A friend to the locals who dabbled in crime.
He'd give you a job and he'd give you his time.
He wasn't a crook, but he couldn't be conned.
John knew the difference between right and wrong.

Say Johnny me boy, you live no longer,
Others forgotten, your memory's stronger.
Lets drink to the causes in your life:
Your family, your friends, the union, your wife.

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.
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And the boys on the docks needed John for sure.
When they came to this country he opened the door.
He said "Man I'll tell ya, they don't like our kind.
Though it starts with a fist it must end with your mind."

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.

"Never Alone"

EP Version
 
You say it's because we're boisterous
You hate us 'cause we got our dignity
We'll stand together proud and strong
Is this is a place where we belong

We got loyal friends
We keep our heads held high,
We'll stick together you and I
Don't need no guns or no drugs on our streets
just a place to go and the boots on our feet.
Never alone...
The city streets are where we roam.
Never alone...
This is Boston it's our home.
Never alone...
The city streets are where we roam.
Never alone...
This is Boston it's our home.

Young skinhead they call you a hooligan
Just because you don't make any sense to them
But the blood that runs right down your wrist
Don't come from a knife, but the cuts on your fist

Your scar'd up knuckles and faded blue jeans
Are the colors you wear and the life that you've seen
You tell the truth look people in the eye
Don't live your life in no baggy disguise.

Never alone...
The city streets are where we roam.
Never alone...
This is Boston it's our home.
Never alone...
The city streets are where we roam.
Never alone...
This is Boston it's our home.

I don't need no gang to watch my ass
Just loyal friendship and a pint of Bass
We'll sweat in the ring and bleed in the streets
But our will and spirit cannot be beat

You can shoot and you can kick but together we'll stick
Through thick and thin not stick or stone
Can break the bond that has here grown
Arm and Arm We Fight As One.

Never alone...
The city streets are where we roam.
Never alone...
This is Boston it's our home.
Never alone...
The city streets are where we roam.
Never alone...
This is Boston it's our home.
oi! oi! oi!
Never alone...
The city streets are where we roam.
Never alone...
This is Boston it's our home.
Never alone... The city streets are where we roam.
Never alone...
This is Boston it's our home.

"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 don't you brace. the end is coming, no time for running. Dealing drugs to little kids, a streetwise man. Selling death and making cash. Pulling scams and moving bids, a streetwise man. Society has called my bluff tonight. So brace-for impact, brace-for impact, brace-for impact, why don't you brace. the end is coming, no time for running. The end is coming, no time for running now!

"Caps And Bottles"
 
When I was 13 I bought a scally cap
Looked up to the older guys who drank at the Rat
Couldn't wait to grow up just to drink with the crew
Put my name on the map and have a social few.

I recall when I was small I thought I'd be a legend soon
But that was then and this is now
A harder road could not be found
Don't get me wrong good times were had
Sometimes the fun outweighed the bad
But all in all now said and done
I can recall more bad than fun.

It's killing me - the answers here, it's plain to see
It's killing me - I'm half the man I thought I'd be
It's killing me - It's taken years but now I see
It's taken years but now I see
I'm not the man I'd thought I'd be.

I'd fight them all big or small,
Angel dust and bud tall
Collars up and fists the same
Protect your friends and family name
Had my lumps, received a few
But not near what I deserved
Some say this life's my punishment
Some say this life's my justice served.
Barracudas-scally caps, Barrell fires-sings alongs
Down the park where I belong,
Bar room brawls and Irish songs.

"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. You are such a mess, I hate you Euro Trash. You try hard to dress like your the best. Why don't you must go away, don't you look down on me. Go away and stay. You go down to M-80 tonight, see throught clothing way too tight. Euro jerkoff who the fuck do you think you are? Spoiled rich boy, fuck your ero bars! You are such a mess, I hate you Euro Trash. You try hard to dress like your the best. Why don't you must go away, don't you look down on me. Go away and stay. Kill! Kill! Kill!

"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 mister, and we're never gonna take the back, we'll take the front seat, mister liberal scum to the back. You come forward with an attitude forthright. But it's only temporary, feigned and fucking tried. We havea n ongoing war me and you, but I've got the answer adnd I know what to do. We'll take the front seat mister, and we're never gonna take the back, we'll take the front seat, mister liberal scum to the back. Anger, Dischord, Pissed Off, Lets Tear This Place Apart! We'll take the front seat mister, and we're never gonna take the back, we'll take the front seat, mister liberal scum to the back.

Do Or Die (1998)



1.   Cadence To Arms (Traditional) / Instrumental
2.   Do Or Die
3.   Get Up
4.   Never Alone
5.   Caught In A Jar
6.   Memories Remain
7.   Road Of The Righteous
8.   Far Away Coast
9.   Fightstarter Karaoke
10.   Barroom Hero
11.   3rd Man In
12.   Tenant Enemy #1
13.   Finnegan's Wake (Traditional)
14.   Noble
15.   Boys On The Docks (Murphys' Pub Version)
16.   Skinhead On The MBTA (Traditional)

"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 danger, and "We Must Rise"
Our time has come we are under the gun "It's Do or Die".

It's not a rebel cry of some socialist Scheme to push for human rights
Just the facts an obvious mentioned on the Behalf of the working man,
for his family and his livelihood.

Your dreams are in danger, and "We Must Rise"
Our time has come we are under the gun "It's Do or Die".

The once steel tough fabric of the union man was sold and bartered away
Fed to money wolves in the Reagen years,
Caught adrift in greedy nineties days.

Your dreams are in danger, and "We Must Rise"
Our time has come we are under the gun "It's Do or Die".

"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 All Fall Down." So Get Up Now. Since '77 they've made music for me and you Playing punk rock songs while the bombs they blew Now I suspect these songs are about pain and strife But I'll tell you this didn't waste their life. "We All Fall Down." So Get Up Now. "We All Fall Down." So Get Up Now. "Why Don't You Get Up And Get Out!" "Why Don't You Get Up And Get Out!" "Why Don't You Get Up And Get Out!"