1. CADENCE TO ARMS

(Instrumental)


2. 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
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

Its not a rebel cry or 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


3. 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

[Chorus:]
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

[Chorus:]

Why Don't You Get Up And Get Out! (3x)


4. NEVER ALONE

You say its because we're boisterous
You hate us 'cause we got our dignity
There's a difference between the two of us
It's a sense of morality and what corrupts
We stand together so proud and strong
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.

Young skinhead they call you hooligan
Just because you don't make any sense to them
You're a hardworking man whose paid his dues
But they still call you racist on the evening news
But the blood that runs right down your wrist
Don't come from a knife, but the cuts on your fist

Your torn 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.

Don't need no gang to watch my ass
Just loyal friendship and a pint of Bass
In the midst of the chaos and insanity
I'm a member of the working class society
We'll sweat in the ring and bleed in the streets
But our will and spirit can never 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. [x2]


5. CAUGHT IN A JAR

Now there comes a time, in every man's life
Where decisions have to be made: Whether to toil,
Labor or just plain piss your days away,
Away, Away!

chorus:
Got a funny feeling that my times are
Caught in a jar.... Madness and Insanity
Have arrived.... Know to Christ and everyone
Else my times are caught in a jar
Satan's Grin is bearing down on me

Up in the morn, here comes the day, God knows
I hate it this way when I'm in a casket
Life, fighting the wife, neglecting the kids, spending
Time on rediculous bids, the four walls
Are closing in

[Chorus:]

Still got a funny feeling that my times
Are caught in a jar, madness and insanity
Have arrived


6. 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 swore
I'd never turn my back to you

Never turned our back stuck together thru and thru
The times have changed but my heard and soul's with you
Wouldn't turn your backs and you didn't walk away
We'd never run we stand as one and this is what we say

[Chorus:]
Times were tough but the memories remain
Situation rough but we overcame
Side by side one for all together we grew
Cause when its said and done I'll look back
On friends like you!

When I was down and I was out and no one liked my games

One too many fights and bloody nights for which I was to blame
But you wouldn't turn you backs and you didn't walk away
Cause We'd never run we stand as one until this very day

[Chorus:]


7. 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
Put a plug in his jug, things looked up for sure
But the whole damn thing of it was there is no blasted cure.

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
Put a plug in his jug, things looked up for sure
But the whole damn thing of it was there is no blasted cure.

I've seen a few men go "The Road of the Righteous"
And just a few have traveled "This Old Lonely Path"
I've seen a few men go "The Road of the Righteous"
By God I'm sure I'll see some more "Go Their Blessed Way."

Hey it's gonna, take some foot work to get you on your way
They'll be pit-falls and some cat-calls but hard you must persist
Cause life is so precious and we have only got one shot,
You move along and you stay God strong all the treasures will be got.

I've seen a few men go "The Road of the Righteous"
And just a few have traveled "This Old Lonely Path"
I've seen a few men go "The Road of the Righteous"
By God I'm sure I'll see some more "Go Their Blessed Way."

I've seen a few men go "The Road of the Righteous"
And just a few have traveled "This Old Lonely Path"
I've seen a few men go "The Road of the Righteous"
By God I'm sure I'll see some more "Go Their Blessed Way."

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
Put a plug in his jug things looked up for sure
But the whole damn thing of it was there is no blasted cure.

I've seen a few men go "The Road of the Righteous"
And just a few have traveled "This Old Lonely Path"
I've seen a few men go "The Road of the Righteous"
By God I'm sure I'll see some more "Go Their Blessed Way."


8. FAR AWAY COAST

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
Put a plug in his jug, things looked up for sure
But the whole damn thing of it was there is no blasted cure.

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
Put a plug in his jug, things looked up for sure
But the whole damn thing of it was there is no blasted cure.

I've seen a few men go "The Road of the Righteous"
And just a few have traveled "This Old Lonely Path"
I've seen a few men go "The Road of the Righteous"
By God I'm sure I'll see some more "Go Their Blessed Way."

Hey it's gonna, take some foot work to get you on your way
They'll be pit-falls and some cat-calls but hard you must persist
Cause life is so precious and we have only got one shot,
You move along and you stay God strong all the treasures will be got.

I've seen a few men go "The Road of the Righteous"
And just a few have traveled "This Old Lonely Path"
I've seen a few men go "The Road of the Righteous"
By God I'm sure I'll see some more "Go Their Blessed Way."

I've seen a few men go "The Road of the Righteous"
And just a few have traveled "This Old Lonely Path"
I've seen a few men go "The Road of the Righteous"
By God I'm sure I'll see some more "Go Their Blessed Way."

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
Put a plug in his jug things looked up for sure
But the whole damn thing of it was there is no blasted cure.

I've seen a few men go "The Road of the Righteous"
And just a few have traveled "This Old Lonely Path"
I've seen a few men go "The Road of the Righteous"
By God I'm sure I'll see some more "Go Their Blessed Way."


9. FIGHTSTARTER KARAOKE

Riot tonight everybody let's go!
Gonna start a fight but with who? I don't fucking know
Riot tonight everybody let's go!
Gonna start a fight but with who? I don't fucking know

It doesn't take a big man to knock somebody down
Just a little courage to lift him off the ground

This world is not what it seems
These beer brawls are ruining my dreams

Riot tonight, everybody let's go!
Gonna start a fight but with who? I don't fucking know
Riot tonight, everybody let's go!
Gonna start a fight but with who? I don't fucking know

It doesn't take a big man to knock somebody down
Just a little courage to lift him off the ground
It doesn't take a big man to knock somebody down
Just a little courage to lift him off the ground

This world is not what it seems
These beer brawls are ruining my dreams

Go!

Stabbed in the back one too many times to count
Master of the sucker punch
Burned his bridges from the past.
Beaten and attacked
But no one seems to give a shit
Cause he had it coming you made your bed
Now sleep in it!

It doesn't take a big man to knock somebody down
Just a little courage to lift him off the ground
It doesn't take a big man to knock somebody down
Just a little courage to lift him off the ground

This world is not what it seems
These beer brawls are ruining my dreams


10. BARROM 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 child's mind,
Don't you take his booze away! (hey!)

He's been at it for years drinking balls and beers
Hes a hero to most he meets
But inside he cries black swollen eyes this man he sheds no tears
Now his wife & kids sing a different tune
As they worry about their daddy dying
But this arrogant fool breaks every rule
It'll be nothing but pride that kills him

Chorus 2X

Could he listen no he won't
That's all she wrote
He'll be dead before the daylight shines
But the thoughts and prays of a million strong
Might keep this fool from dying

He's a legend in the bar with every scar
Fights a thousand bigger men,
Now he fights and looses got all the bruises
Will someone please step in?
'Cause this Irish fools got a great big heart
He keeps climbing back into the ring
In the low down circles where he holds his court
This man he once was king

[Chorus] (x2)

this one goes out to the Boston punks and skins... vary from CD

This one goes out to everyone at six fifty six Adams street...how you doing? fellas

[Verse 2]

[Chorus] (x2)


11. 3RD MAN IN

My friends, my town, camaraderie
We'll never finish last
We stood as one where are they now
We grew up fast
Too young to know or really give a shit
The past has left us worse for wear

Chorus:
Be strong and stand, stand up like a man
Your concept of friendship isn't right
Third man in is how you show you care
Nothing else matters but the fight!

Some will survive
I hope I'm one of them
Things aren't what they use to be
It makes me sick
Our bond has broke and we aren't what we were
It's time to face life on my own


12. 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

[Chorus:]
Tenant Enemy Number One
Tenant Enemy Number One

Through excuses and blatant lies Is how they operate And by continuing a parade of Deception the game just continues, How in the name of decency do They sleep?

[Chorus:]

Just you better look out and Watch your backs...


13. FINNEGAN'S WAKE

Tim Finnegan lived in Walkin Street, a gentle Irishman, mighty odd
He'd a beautiful brogue, so rich and sweet, to rise in the world he carried a hod
He'd a sort of a tipplin' way, with a love for the liquor poor Tim was born
And to help him on with his work each day he'd a drop of the Craythur every morn

One mornin Tim was rather full, his head was heavy which made him shake
He fell from a ladder and broke his skull so they carried him home, his corpse to wake
They rolled him up in a nice clean sheet, they laid him out upon the bed
A gallon of whiskey at his feet and a barrel of porter at his head

And whack fol the dah O, dance to your partner
Welt the floor, your trotters shake,
Wasn't it the truth I told ya, lots o' fun at Finnegan's wake!

His friends assembled at his wake and Missus Finnegan called for lunch
First they brought in tay and cake then pipes, tobacco an' whiskey punch
Biddy O' Brien began to cry, "Such a nice clean corpse did ya ever did see?
Tim, mavourneen why did ya die?" "Arhhh hold ya gob!" said Patty McGee

And whack fol the dah O, dance to your partner
Welt the floor, your trotters shake,
Wasn't it the truth I told ya, lots o' fun at Finnegan's wake!

Then Maggie O'Connor took up the job, "Oh Biddy," she says, "You're wrong, I'm sure."
Biddy then gave her a belt on the gob and she left her sprawling on the floor
Then the war did soon engage, woman to woman and man to man
Shillelagh law was all the rage and a row and a ruction soon began

Mickey Maloney raised his head when a noggin of whiskey flew at him
It missed and falling on the bed, the liquor scattered over Tim
Tim revives, see how he rises, Timothy rising from the dead
"Whirl your whiskey around like blazes, Thanam an dhul, did ye think I'm dead?"

And whack fol the dah O, dance to your partner
Welt the floor, your trotters shake,
Wasn't it the truth I told ya, lots o' fun at Finnegan's wake!
(2x)


14. NOBLE

You grew up honest and straight, Always One of the guys The laughs, the brews, good friends forever "Drinking Camaraderie" But then one night you were taken from Us, gone forever lost Stolen away in an Ashmont Second And I'll never forget, the Cost

[Chorus:]
He was a kid from the neighborhood
Cut down in a brutal fight on
A cold and lonely
Ashmont night

Coming up in a Turbulent Neighborhood, he Always stood upright When things would turn for the wrongful Doing, Rob went to the right But he was never given a chance to traverse Down life's path Now with all these put into Perspective, Noble this one's for you Number One!


15. BOYS ON THE DOCKS (MURPHY'S PUB VERSION)

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 forgotton, your memories 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.

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.

And the boys on the docks needed John for sure
When they came to this country he opened the door
He said men 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.


16. SKINHEAD ON THE MBTA

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 kissed his wife and family
And went to ride on the M.B.T.A

Did he ever return, no he never returned
And his fate is still unknown Oi!Oi!Oi!
He may ride forever 'neath the Streets of Boston
He's a skinhead who never returned

Skinhead goes down to the Kendall Sq. Station
And he changes for Jamaica Plain
The conductor says skinhead I need a nickel,
Skinhead punches him in the brain.

Did he ever return, no he never returned
And his fate is still unknown Oi!Oi!Oi!
He may ride forever 'neath the Streets of Boston
He's a skinhead who never returned

Now all night long skinhead drives through the station
Wondering who can I go and see
Can't afford to buy crack in Chelsea
Or a bundle in Roxbury

Did he ever return, no he never returned
And his fate is still unknown Oi!Oi!Oi!
He may ride forever 'neath the Streets of Boston
He's a skinhead who never returned

Skinhead's wife goes to the Scully Square Station
Everyday about quarter past two
And through the open window she hands skinhead a grenade
As the train comes a rumbling through

Did he ever return, no he never returned
And his fate is still unknown oi!oi!oi!
He may ride forever 'neath the Streets of Boston
He's a skinhead who never returned

Now you citizens of Boston don't you think its a scandal
How the skinhead stole the train
What's the big fuckin' deal, he'll work for beer
Let the skinhead drive that fuckin train

He's the skinhead who never returns