Pain Killer

I lost my job in the Great Depression

I saw what happened to the ones I know

If I go home with nothing in my pocket

Love will surely fly out the window

Tonight, I must get wasted

Oh yeah, I hate to drink alone

Oh yeah, you can put that on my headstone

Oh yeah, I'm not going home till I'm wasted

I lost my job and it's a real hard station

Two steps forward and three steps back

But I don't have any explanation

This is the story, this is the craic

Tonight, I must get wasted

Oh yeah, I hate to drink alone

Oh yeah, you can put that on my headstone

Oh yeah, I'm not going home till I'm wasted

I lost my job, it all went in a minute

Feels like I'm living on borrowed time

I don't wanna end up bitter and twisted

I'm gonna follow this heart of mine

Tonight, I must get wasted

Oh yeah, I hate to drink alone

Oh yeah, you can put that on my headstone

Oh yeah, I'm not going home till I'm wasted

Oh yeah, I hate to drink alone

Oh yeah, you can put that on my headstone

Oh yeah, I'm not going home till I'm wasted

She is known well in these parts

Cracking skulls and breaking hearts

Her beautiful blue eyes are poetry

You can ask anybody here

She won't let anybody near

She never takes any lip out on the street

When she looks at me,

I look straight at the floor

Cos she's the one that I adore

She could make a fool of me

And I'd come back for more

Cos she's the one that I adore

Forevermore

When she's down in the town

She will turn their heads around

I'd tell a soul but I've never had the nerve

And I let my chance slip away

For it's scalding hot on this day

Her summer dress was showing every curve

When she looks at me,

I look straight at the floor

Cos she's the one that I adore

She could make a fool of me

And I'd come back for more

Cos she's the one that I adore

Well she found out yesterday

She's got a baby on the way

And the da just slapped her face and slammed the door

I touched her shoulder by the wall

And I watched her teardrops fall

And my own heart was so heavy and so sure

When she looks at me,

I look straight at the floor

Cos she's the one that I adore

She could make a fool of me

And I'd come back for more

Cos she's the one that I adore

When she looks at me,

I look straight at the floor

Cos she's the one that I adore

She could make a fool of me

And I'd come back for more

Cos she's the one that I adore

When she looks at me,

I look straight at the floor

Cos she's the one that I adore

She could make a fool of me

And I'd come back for more

Cos she's the one that I adore

That I adore

That I adore

Well the joint was jumping

Somebody pulled my hair

I got myself a drink and then

I saw you there

I saw the way you touched him

I saw the way you kissed

Then you looked straight through me

Just like I don't exist

But I burn so bright

I light up the night

When I make my claim

You'll remember my name

I was a fool to come here

And I don't stand a chance

That's the end of the story

No backward glance

And the street is my good friend

Back up the hill again

Don't know what you call this feeling

But it's a beautiful pain

And I burn so bright

I light up the night

When I make my claim

You'll remember my name

Well I know things could be better

I know I'm running out of time

But my heart is a good heart

And it keeps me alive

And I burn so bright

I light up the night

When I make my claim

You'll remember my name

And I burn so bright

I light up the night

When I make my claim

You'll remember my name

In the night

You come to me

And fill my head

With what might have been

A broken promise

And twisted love

It all matters

But nothing matters that much

The past is another country

I don't live there anymore

And the future just keeps on coming

Now it's banging at my door

I'll hate myself

If I don't go

I'll hate myself

And I'll never know

You won't forget

You won't forgive

That's no way

For anyone to live

The past is another country

I don't live there anymore

And the future just keeps on coming

Now it's banging at my door

At my door

I know they say it

They say it's true

Time heals all wounds

But some never do

Don't know which way

But I'm moving on

Must let go

Of what's already gone

The past is another country

I don't live there anymore

And the future just keeps on coming

Now it's banging at my door

At my door, at my door

The past is another country

I don't live there anymore

Now the future just keeps on coming

It's banging on my door

On my door, on my door

Make sure there's a drink for the whole congregation

When they come to my house make sure they are fed

The priest, the grave digger, they all expect something

There's money to pay them under my bed

I hate to say goodbye

I hate it when you cry

I know it's just my time

Free of the chains that are always around me

Free of the worry, free of the pain

You won't understand, and I know your heart's breaking

Save all your tears for the ones who remain

I hate to say goodbye

I hate it when you cry

I know it's just my time

Now you'll find out what is important

The days are so short that once seemed so long

The river runs on, it was here long before us

The river will still be here when I'm gone

I hate to say goodbye

I hate it when you cry

I know it's just my time

I hate to say goodbye

I hate it when you cry

I know it's just my time

Something happened to me

And I'm not the same

That's another story

Won't happen again

Now the room is spinning

When I close my eyes

No head for the big time

No head for heights

Same as ever

My pain killer

Is killing me

Same as ever

My pain killer

Don't set me free

Same as ever

I'm up the river

Coulda been somebody

Coulda been that man

Coulda been somebody

Stead of a bummer which is what I am

You're a soul destroyer

And you do it well

But you make me happy

It's Friday night in Hell

Oh well

Same as ever

My pain killer

Is killing me

Same as ever

My pain killer

Don't set me free

Same as ever

I'm up the river

Same as ever

Same as ever

Something happened to me

I'll never be the same

That's another story

Won't happen again

Same as ever

My pain killer

Is killing me

Same as ever

My pain killer

Don't set me free

Same as ever

I'm up the river

Same as ever

Same as ever

Same as ever

My pain killer

Is killing me

Same as ever

My pain killer

Don't set me free

Same as ever

I'm up the river

(Instrumental)

The shipyard's closing down

There's another mouth to feed

But if I had my way

Well I'd build a ship, and take you away

Well, your hair has lost its shine

And you never seem to smile

Well listen to me girl

I'm not a poet but I love you

The shipyard's all I know

Nowhere else I can go

But if I had my way

Well I'd build a ship, and take you away

Well I'd build a ship, and take you away

You've got some trouble

Some kinda mess

But you better believe

You don't know what trouble is

Let's go for a drink

Let's put a few down

Cos we'll never have

More than we have right now

Just surrender to the city

Just surrender for tonight

We're all going to the same place

Something tells me it'll be all right

Something tells me

I just have to trust

That my baby must know

What's to become of us

She says forget the big house

On the other side of town

Cos we'll never have

More than we have right now

Just surrender to the city

Just surrender for tonight

We're all going to the same place

Something tells me it'll be all right

Today I feel lucky

In more ways than one

Sure as day follows night

There's good times to come

If we love each other

We'll get through somehow

And we'll never have

More than we have right now

Just surrender to the city

Just surrender for tonight

We're all going to the same place

Something tells me it'll be all right

Just surrender to the city

Just surrender for tonight

We're all going to the same place

Something tells me it'll be all right

I watch the sun rise

From the Atlantic sand

I've seen all the whores

And they all leave the band

Tonight I am down

To my very last dream

And all the time you were here waiting for me

Waiting for me

All the stars are out

In the sky

You're a sight for sore eyes

The heart of the matter

Is seldom discussed

But I gotta tell you

Or I will bust

It's never been easy

And it's just outta reach

But I can almost touch it, I can almost believe

I can almost believe

All the stars are out

In the sky

You're a sight for sore eyes

I've given in again

To the thrill of the night

And I'm further away

Every day from the light

And I know, yes I know

What it's all coming from

But I'm only human, I'm just flesh and blood

I'm just flesh and blood

All the stars are out

In the sky

You're a sight for sore eyes

All the stars are out

In the sky

You're a sight for sore eyes