Swagger
Flogging Molly
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Salty Dog
02 : 21
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Selfish Man
02 : 54
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The Worst Day Since Yesterday
03 : 38
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Every Dog Has Its Day
04 : 24
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Life in a Tenement Square
03 : 11
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The Ol’ Beggars Bush
04 : 33
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The Likes of You Again
04 : 34
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Black Friday Rule
07 : 01
9
Grace of God Go I
01 : 55
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Devil’s Dance Floor
03 : 59
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These Exiled Years
05 : 17
12
Sentimental Johnny
04 : 47
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Far Away Boys
05 : 06
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Track Lyrics
Salty Dog Lyrics
4 ContributorsSalty Dog LyricsThe song describes a rather raucous ship captain of an Irish ship during the 250 years The Spanish sailed the Caribbean looking for treasure and trading.
The song is told from the point of view of one of the… Read More I'll wait for you till I turn blue
There's nothin' more a man can do
Don't get your bollocks in a twist
Settle down, don't take a fit
You drank with demons straight from Hell
They almost nearly won as well
You wiped the floor with victory
Then puked until you fell asleep
Blackened was the banshee's wail
These boots will never fill her jail
So you crawled into an empty boat
For the Gulf of Mexico
Till Cortez came an' when so did you
From the ashes charred and blue
Smellin' like a Salty Dog
Back from Hell where you belong
Anarchy, the scourge of every sea
The Antichrist aboard a rig
With us your cutthroat thieves
The ship went down we all near drowned
Ya stood there on the deck
Till the Spanish came and flogged yer arse
And dragged you from the wreck
They threw a rope around yer neck
To watch you dance the jig of death
Then left ya for the starvin' crows
Hoverin' like hungry whores
One flew down plucked out yer eye
The other he had in his sights
Ya snarled at him, said leave me be
I need the bugger so I can see
Selfish Man Lyrics
4 ContributorsSelfish Man LyricsI don't eat I just devour
Everyone in every hour
All is me, is all I need and that's all that I care
Propelled through all this madness
By your beauty and my sadness
I'll never change or rearrange
Till I've finished what I've started
And life leads me here
It shows me I have never really loved no one but me
Like the time, you slipped through my hand
And I'll never understand
Why I'm such a selfish man
Walk around me, not before me
I'll pretend not to ignore you
But I'll compromise if I realize
You can do something for me
I'm ugly and you know it
But you think that I'm a poet
So I'll keep the rhyme if I feel in time
It gets me where I'm going
And life leads me here
It shows me I have never really loved no one but me
Like the time, you slipped through my hand
And I'll never understand
No, I'll never understand
Why I'm such a selfish man
All I heard was an unearthly silence
Apart from the violence, explode in my head
Where all at once was this moment of beauty
No more since it slew me, no never again, again, again
Hey
Hey
Hey
No, I'll never understand
No, I'll never understand
Why I'm such a selfish man
Selfish man
Selfish man
Selfish man
Selfish man
Selfish man
Hey
Hey
Hey
The Ol’ Beggars Bush Lyrics
4 ContributorsThe Ol’ Beggar’s Bush LyricsStuck on limbo bridge where below me ol' Nick grins
Then laughs through the chaos of it all
Gets up off his chair, spins a jig to my despair
He can't wait to count the times where I went wrong
Underneath the bush, lay a beggar out of luck
On his lips was a taste he forgets
His hopes were filled with sand that he watched fall through his hand
Every grain was a lifetime of regret
So go and bow your head and weep
For your world won't change while you sleep
Yeah, go and bow your head and weep
For the summer that was lost, now is gone
Yeah, the summer that was lost, now is gone
Fertile Mrs. Moore had thirteen kids but still looked good
Till her ol' man jumped leave on a ship
She never read a book but by Christ, she understood
That the meaning of life starts in bed
So go and bow your head and weep
For your world won't change while you sleep
Yeah, go and bow your head and weep
For the summer that was lost, now is gone
Yeah, the summer that was lost, now is gone
Killer Kilbain kicked me senseless everyday
I hope that bastard is beneath a head of stone
Where I'd dance upon his grave for all the madness I now crave
While the scars that remain are still a curse
So I'm stuck on a limbo bridge where below me ol' Nick grins
Then laughs through the chaos of it all
Gets up off his chair, spins a jig to my despair
He can't wait to count the times where I went wrong
Yeah, he can't wait to count the times where I went wrong
So go and bow your head and weep
For your world won't change while you sleep
Yeah, go and bow your head and weep
For the summer that was lost, now is gone
Yeah, the summer that was lost, now is gone
Yeah, the summer that was lost, now is gone
The summer that was lost, now is gone
Black Friday Rule Lyrics
8 ContributorsBlack Friday Rule LyricsI want to believe in myself once again
So I dream of a man whose hopes never end
To kiss with a girl who's as lovely as you
I'd give you my heart if you gave me the truth
And for every tear that is lost from an eye
I'd dig me a well where no man could destroy
I want to believe in a freedom that's bold
But all I remember is the freedom of old (Hey)
Well, I lost me a wife so I found me a plane
Flew all the way to California
This mess in my head is a mess getting out
You drink too much coffee, I drink too much stout
But after a while, when my mouth ain't so dry
I'll dance up a storm, sure life's looking fine
But as darkness falls, I return to my bed
Don't ask me more questions, don't fuck with my head
'Cause I've been down in this world, down and almost broken
Like thousands of people, left standing in their shoe
Down in this world, down and almost broken
As thousands they grieve as the black Friday rule
As thousands they grieve as the black Friday rule
As thousands they grieve as the black Friday rule
As thousands they grieve as the black Friday rule
The buildings, they shake, but my heart, it beats still
Oh, mother of Jesus, I feel pretty ill
I want to go home where my feet both feel safe
But there ain't no jobs in the old free state
So I must remain in my new adopted land
I'm doing the best, hell I'm doing all I can
So next time you see me, don't ask for my name
For I am the king and shall long may I reign
'Cause I've been down in this world, down and almost broken
Like thousands of people left standing in their shoe
Down in this world, down and almost broken
As thousands they grieve as the black Friday rule
Cause I've been down in this world, down and almost broken
Like thousands of people left standing in their shoe
Down in this world, down and almost broken
As thousands they grieve as the black Friday rule
As thousands they grieve as the black Friday rule
Grace of God Go I Lyrics
4 ContributorsGrace of God Go I LyricsThis song is sung by Flogging Molly’s guitarist and lead vocalist, Dave King in an A Capella style (without instrumentation accompanying).
The song title comes from the phrase, “There but for the grace of… Read More Looking down through a tide of no return
Is a field where the crops no longer grow
Parched is the land, strangled and bedamned
There, for the grace of God go I
Down beside where the riverbed sleeps
Is a man not knowing what he should feel
Mocked by the wave that beats the water's edge
There, for the grace of God
There, for the grace of God
There, for the grace of God go I
If I ever harked another like thee again
I would drown myself beneath your name
Lost was the child we all once did hide
There, for the grace of God
There, for the grace of God
There, for the grace of God go I
Devil’s Dance Floor Lyrics
12 ContributorsDevil’s Dance Floor LyricsHer breath began to speak
As she stood right in front of me
The colour of her eyes
Were the colour of insanity
Crushed beneath her wave
Like a ship, I could not reach the shore
We're all just dancers on the Devil's Dance Floor
Well swing a little more, little more o'er the merry-o
Swing a little more, little more next to me
Swing a little more, little more o'er the merry-o
Swing a little more, on the Devil's dance floor
Pressed against her face
I could feel her insecurity
Mother'd been a drunk
And her father was obscurity
Nothin' ever came
From a life that was a simple one
Pull yourself together, girl
And have a little fun
Well she took me by the hand
I could see she was a fiery one
Her legs ran all the way
Up to heaven and past Avalon
Tell me somethin' girl, what it is you have in store
She said, "Come with me now
On the Devil's dance floor"
Well swing a little more, little more o'er the merry-o
Swing a little more, little more next to me
Swing a little more, little more o'er the merry-o
Swing a little more, on the Devil's dance floor
Swing a little more, on the Devil's dance floor
Swing a little more, little more o'er the merry-o
Swing a little more, little more next to me
Swing a little more, little more o'er the merry-o
Swing a little more, on the Devil's dance floor
The apple now is sweet
Oh much sweeter than it ought to be
Another little bite
I don't think there is much hope for me
The sweat beneath her brow
Travels all the way and headin' south
Bleedin' heart's cryin'
'Cause there's no way out
Well swing a little more, little more o'er the merry-o
Swing a little more, little more next to me
Swing a little more, little more o'er the merry-o
Swing a little more, on the Devil's dance floor
Swing a little more! little more o'er the merry-o
Swing a little more! little more next to me!
Swing a little more! little more o'er the merry-o!
Swing a little more, on the Devil's dance floor
Swing a little more, on the Devil's dance floor
Swing a little more, on the Devil's dance floor