Rock
Boys from the County Hell
by The Pogues
Release Date:
1984-10-15
Lyrics
On the first day of March, it was raining
It was raining worse than anything that I have ever seen
I drank ten pints of beer and I cursed all the people there
I wish that all this rain would stop falling down on me
And it's lend me ten pounds, I'll buy you a drink
And, mother, wake me early in the morning
At the time, I was working for a landlord
And he was the meanest bastard that you have ever seen
And to lose a single penny would grieve him awful sore
And he was a miserable bollocks and a b***h's bastard's whore
And it's lend me ten pounds, I'll buy you a drink
And, mother, wake me early in the morning
I recall that we took care of him one Sunday
We got him out the back and we broke his ****ing balls
And maybe that was dreaming and maybe that was real
But all I know is I left the place without a penny or ****all
And it's lend me ten pounds, I'll buy you a drink
And, mother, wake me early in the morning
But now on the most charming of verandas
I sit and watch the junkies, the drunks, the pimps, the whores
Five green bottles sitting on the floor
I wish to Christ, I wish to Christ that I had fifteen more
And it's lend me ten pounds, I'll buy you a drink
And, mother, wake me early in the morning
And it's lend me ten pounds, I'll buy you a drink
And, mother, wake me early in the morning
The boys and me are drunk and looking for you
We'll eat your friggin' entrails, and we won't give a damn
Me daddy was Blueshirt and my mother a madam
And my brother earned his medals at My Lai in Vietnam
And it's lend me ten pounds, I'll buy you a drink
And, mother, wake me early in the morning
On the first day of March, it was raining
It was raining worse than anything that I have ever seen
Stay on the other side of the road 'cause you can n***r tell
We've a thirst like a gang of devils, we're the boys from the County Hell
And it's lend me ten pounds, I'll buy you a drink
And, mother, wake me early in the morning
And it's lend me ten pounds, I'll buy you a drink
And, mother, wake me early in the morning
