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All songs written by Bap Kennedy except No. 6 which was written by Bap Kennedy & Van Morrison
Lyrics reproduced with the kind permission of Lonely Street Discs
- Rock And Roll Heaven
- The Truth Is Painful
- Moriarty's Blues
- Streetwise
- Too Old For Fairytales
- Milky Way
- Loverman
- Fireworks
- On The Mighty Ocean Alcohol
- The Sweet Smell Of Success
- The Beautiful Country
Lyrics reproduced with the kind permission of Lonely Street Discs
Hank and Jim were on the same line
Who wants to go to heaven
Nobody gets out alive
Who wants to go to heaven
That Tupelo boy could sing
Who wants to go to heaven
Frankie said ring a-ding-ding
Who wants to go to heaven
Oh now John you know
You couldn’t fix that hole
God bless your rock'n'roll soul
Who wants to go to heaven
Sid was lookin’ for true love
Who wants to go to heaven
Kurt joined that stupid club
Who wants to go to heaven
Yeah that’s what I read
That’s what his mama said
Oh well whatever.. dead is dead
Who wants to go to heaven
Give my best to Mr. John Lee
Who wants to go to heaven
Say hello to Jack and Neal
Who wants to go to heaven
George went with the flow
There’s somethin’ you should know
I hear God on the radio
Who wants to go to heaven
CHORUS repeat 4 x
Who wants to go
Who wants to go
Who wants to go to heaven
Who wants to go to heaven
Nobody gets out alive
Who wants to go to heaven
That Tupelo boy could sing
Who wants to go to heaven
Frankie said ring a-ding-ding
Who wants to go to heaven
Oh now John you know
You couldn’t fix that hole
God bless your rock'n'roll soul
Who wants to go to heaven
Sid was lookin’ for true love
Who wants to go to heaven
Kurt joined that stupid club
Who wants to go to heaven
Yeah that’s what I read
That’s what his mama said
Oh well whatever.. dead is dead
Who wants to go to heaven
Give my best to Mr. John Lee
Who wants to go to heaven
Say hello to Jack and Neal
Who wants to go to heaven
George went with the flow
There’s somethin’ you should know
I hear God on the radio
Who wants to go to heaven
CHORUS repeat 4 x
Who wants to go
Who wants to go
Who wants to go to heaven
Down in the valley, somebody’s getting ready for a kill
And on the street the marching feet send echoes through the chill
And I’m tryin’ my best to get drunk, because I am unable
To entertain the thought of being sober, and the truth is painful
The light was gone
I heard a song
Come drifting from the park
And round a fire, a drunken choir
Sang softly in the dark
And for a while I felt secure
Like Jesus in the cradle
But I know and I’ve always known
The truth is painful
The word came round you been found, face-down on a street
And so I went to pay respect, and watch your mother weep
She cried so hard she almost died, I turned away and I was grateful
I was glad it wasn’t me, and the truth is painful
I was glad it wasn’t me, an’ the truth is painful
But the truth will set you free
The truth is painful
The truth is painful
The truth is painful
The truth is painful
The truth is painful.
And on the street the marching feet send echoes through the chill
And I’m tryin’ my best to get drunk, because I am unable
To entertain the thought of being sober, and the truth is painful
The light was gone
I heard a song
Come drifting from the park
And round a fire, a drunken choir
Sang softly in the dark
And for a while I felt secure
Like Jesus in the cradle
But I know and I’ve always known
The truth is painful
The word came round you been found, face-down on a street
And so I went to pay respect, and watch your mother weep
She cried so hard she almost died, I turned away and I was grateful
I was glad it wasn’t me, and the truth is painful
I was glad it wasn’t me, an’ the truth is painful
But the truth will set you free
The truth is painful
The truth is painful
The truth is painful
The truth is painful
The truth is painful.
I’ve given in my notice
Goin' downtown to get loaded
Gonna spend this money
You know the way it goes
Sometimes you’re on a rock, sometimes you’re on a roll.
Well I know the price of love
And I feel like givin’ up
Somethin’ always comes along
Ah, baby doll you know
Sometimes you’re on a rock, sometimes you’re on a roll.
I can’t sleep tonight
And the traffic sounds just like
Sounds just like the ocean
Telling me to go
Sometimes you’re on a rock, sometimes you’re on a roll.
Goin' downtown to get loaded
Gonna spend this money
You know the way it goes
Sometimes you’re on a rock, sometimes you’re on a roll.
Well I know the price of love
And I feel like givin’ up
Somethin’ always comes along
Ah, baby doll you know
Sometimes you’re on a rock, sometimes you’re on a roll.
I can’t sleep tonight
And the traffic sounds just like
Sounds just like the ocean
Telling me to go
Sometimes you’re on a rock, sometimes you’re on a roll.
Blessed are the poor
Well that’s alright, then
Baby you and me
Are goin' straight to heaven
I know I give it all away
No argument
I know I give it all away
Well I had no sense
When I was streetwise, streetwise
Nothin’ you don’t know
When you’re streetwise.
Down on the lane
Expecting a fight
Getting high on the hill
Every single night
When we were streetwise, streetwise.
Nothin’ you don’t know
When you’re streetwise, streetwise
Nothin’ you don’t know
When you’re streetwise, streetwise
Well it don’t mean a thing
Out here in the world, in the real world
'Cos things don’t work
The way they used to work
When we were streetwise, streetwise.
Nothin’ you don’t know when you’re streetwise
Streetwise, streetwise
When you’re streetwise, streetwise
Nothin’ you don’t know when you’re streetwise
...[Oh yeah! Yeah...alright!]
Well that’s alright, then
Baby you and me
Are goin' straight to heaven
I know I give it all away
No argument
I know I give it all away
Well I had no sense
When I was streetwise, streetwise
Nothin’ you don’t know
When you’re streetwise.
Down on the lane
Expecting a fight
Getting high on the hill
Every single night
When we were streetwise, streetwise.
Nothin’ you don’t know
When you’re streetwise, streetwise
Nothin’ you don’t know
When you’re streetwise, streetwise
Well it don’t mean a thing
Out here in the world, in the real world
'Cos things don’t work
The way they used to work
When we were streetwise, streetwise.
Nothin’ you don’t know when you’re streetwise
Streetwise, streetwise
When you’re streetwise, streetwise
Nothin’ you don’t know when you’re streetwise
...[Oh yeah! Yeah...alright!]
One American morning
When I was young
I knew the way
It was there clear as day
And the road I was on
And you were my baby
And we were so close
Now I wander around
Lost in this town
Just like a ghost
I can remember
Falling under a spell
It was so long ago
Now I’m too old for fairytales
Now everything is different
And so much the same
And everyone wants
Just one more chance
And someone to blame
I should know better
But I’m beyond the pale
And I should let go
Because I’m too old for fairytales.
I’m so tired of chasin'
Fortune and fame
I’m tired of this life
I’m tired of the fight
I’m bored with the game
And once in a blue moon
I go off the rails
And I can’t be told
That I’m too old
For fairytales.
I can’t be told
That I’m too old
For fairytales.
When I was young
I knew the way
It was there clear as day
And the road I was on
And you were my baby
And we were so close
Now I wander around
Lost in this town
Just like a ghost
I can remember
Falling under a spell
It was so long ago
Now I’m too old for fairytales
Now everything is different
And so much the same
And everyone wants
Just one more chance
And someone to blame
I should know better
But I’m beyond the pale
And I should let go
Because I’m too old for fairytales.
I’m so tired of chasin'
Fortune and fame
I’m tired of this life
I’m tired of the fight
I’m bored with the game
And once in a blue moon
I go off the rails
And I can’t be told
That I’m too old
For fairytales.
I can’t be told
That I’m too old
For fairytales.
My reality cheque has bounced
Can’t take much more than an ounce
You need a heart of stone
Not to laugh when I’m down for the count
I’m gonna fight my way out.
You think I should behave
You think I’m digging my own grave
It’s gonna take a lot to get me outta this spot
I’m nobody’s slave
Baby I’m this way 24 hours a day
Trying to make a living
While everybody’s making hay
And I can’t go out tonight
'Cos I don’t have a light
Somebody stole my Milky Way
And I can’t come out to play
You just roll in with the tide
Like you’re just along for the ride
Are you with me or not
‘Cos I’m givin’ it my best shot
You better start taking sides
Baby I’m this way 24 hours a day
Tryin to make a livin’
While everybody’s making hay
And I can’t go out tonight
'Cos I don’t have a light
Somebody stole my Milky Way
And I can’t come out to play
And I can’t go out tonight
'Cos I don’t have a light
Somebody stole my Milky Way
And I can’t come out to play.
Can’t take much more than an ounce
You need a heart of stone
Not to laugh when I’m down for the count
I’m gonna fight my way out.
You think I should behave
You think I’m digging my own grave
It’s gonna take a lot to get me outta this spot
I’m nobody’s slave
Baby I’m this way 24 hours a day
Trying to make a living
While everybody’s making hay
And I can’t go out tonight
'Cos I don’t have a light
Somebody stole my Milky Way
And I can’t come out to play
You just roll in with the tide
Like you’re just along for the ride
Are you with me or not
‘Cos I’m givin’ it my best shot
You better start taking sides
Baby I’m this way 24 hours a day
Tryin to make a livin’
While everybody’s making hay
And I can’t go out tonight
'Cos I don’t have a light
Somebody stole my Milky Way
And I can’t come out to play
And I can’t go out tonight
'Cos I don’t have a light
Somebody stole my Milky Way
And I can’t come out to play.
Love is blind
Luck is dumb
Me and money just can’t get along
Someone up there
Don’t like me
I don’t care,
As long as I can be
Your Loverman
Your Loverman
All my trouble, all my sins
I don’t know when to stop, or where to begin
But I’m gonna change
Drop this disguise
Baby, baby, don’t you recognize
Your Loverman
Your Loverman
I’m your Loverman
Your Loverman.
Luck is dumb
Love is blind
Look over here baby
And you’re gonna find
Your Loverman
Your Loverman
I’m your Loverman
Your Loverman
Luck is dumb
Me and money just can’t get along
Someone up there
Don’t like me
I don’t care,
As long as I can be
Your Loverman
Your Loverman
All my trouble, all my sins
I don’t know when to stop, or where to begin
But I’m gonna change
Drop this disguise
Baby, baby, don’t you recognize
Your Loverman
Your Loverman
I’m your Loverman
Your Loverman.
Luck is dumb
Love is blind
Look over here baby
And you’re gonna find
Your Loverman
Your Loverman
I’m your Loverman
Your Loverman
Chill out baby
Drop that frown
Don’t look back
Don’t look down
I’m a bad boy
I’m no good
Without your love
You know it’s true
'Cos when she loves me
I’m lost for words
When she loves me
It’s fireworks
She’s my jewel
She’s my pearl
She’s my heartbeat
She’s my little girl
Where’s my baby
I’m pacin’ the room
Calling out her name
And howlin' at the moon
When she loves me
I’m lost for words
And when she loves me
It’s fireworks
When she loves me
I'm lost for words
And when she loves me
It’s fireworks
Chill out baby
Drop that frown
Don’t look back
Don’t look down
I’m a bad boy
and I’m no good
Without her love
I know it’s true.
Drop that frown
Don’t look back
Don’t look down
I’m a bad boy
I’m no good
Without your love
You know it’s true
'Cos when she loves me
I’m lost for words
When she loves me
It’s fireworks
She’s my jewel
She’s my pearl
She’s my heartbeat
She’s my little girl
Where’s my baby
I’m pacin’ the room
Calling out her name
And howlin' at the moon
When she loves me
I’m lost for words
And when she loves me
It’s fireworks
When she loves me
I'm lost for words
And when she loves me
It’s fireworks
Chill out baby
Drop that frown
Don’t look back
Don’t look down
I’m a bad boy
and I’m no good
Without her love
I know it’s true.
Leave behind your worries
They're really very small
Come with me, set sail with me
On the Mighty Ocean Alcohol
I've sailed around insanity
I've heard those demons call
And once or twice, I have been capsized
On the mighty ocean Alcohol.
I lost my darling brother
I watched him slowly fall
As he hit the spray
He was swept away
On the Mighty Ocean Alcohol.
Leave behind your worries
They're really very small
Come with me, set sail with me
On the Mighty Ocean Alcohol
On the Mighty Ocean Alcohol
They're really very small
Come with me, set sail with me
On the Mighty Ocean Alcohol
I've sailed around insanity
I've heard those demons call
And once or twice, I have been capsized
On the mighty ocean Alcohol.
I lost my darling brother
I watched him slowly fall
As he hit the spray
He was swept away
On the Mighty Ocean Alcohol.
Leave behind your worries
They're really very small
Come with me, set sail with me
On the Mighty Ocean Alcohol
On the Mighty Ocean Alcohol
Don’t crack up now
Don’t go weird on me babe
Don’t burst my bubble
Don’t rain on my parade
I got evicted … from my castle in the sky
If money could talk … it would say ‘goodbye’
And just when it feels .. like none of it's real
Suddenly, the sweet smell of success
I must be stupid, I don’t get it at all
I’m in a barrel, headin’ for a waterfall
Don’t kid yourself, you’re in one, as well
That’s why I’m laughin,’ that’s why I’m happy as hell.
And just when it feels
Like none of it’s real
Suddenly, the sweet smell of success
Suddenly, the sweet smell of success.
It won’t change me I’m goin' out with a bang
Whatever happens remember, karma is a boomerang
Suddenly … the sweet smell of success
Suddenly … the sweet smell of success
Don’t go weird on me babe
Don’t burst my bubble
Don’t rain on my parade
I got evicted … from my castle in the sky
If money could talk … it would say ‘goodbye’
And just when it feels .. like none of it's real
Suddenly, the sweet smell of success
I must be stupid, I don’t get it at all
I’m in a barrel, headin’ for a waterfall
Don’t kid yourself, you’re in one, as well
That’s why I’m laughin,’ that’s why I’m happy as hell.
And just when it feels
Like none of it’s real
Suddenly, the sweet smell of success
Suddenly, the sweet smell of success.
It won’t change me I’m goin' out with a bang
Whatever happens remember, karma is a boomerang
Suddenly … the sweet smell of success
Suddenly … the sweet smell of success
I’m on the road, boys
Travelin’ all the time
But I’ve never seen a country
As beautiful as mine.
She was such a pretty girl
The one I left behind
She was such a pretty girl
She must have been blind.
I had to leave her
And step out in the world
On a road paved with heartache
My fortune somewhere
I’m on the road boys
Travelin' all the time
And I’ve never seen a country
As beautiful as mine.
Now I’m so far away
And I’m full of wine
I tell them there’s no country
As beautiful as mine.
Travelin’ all the time
But I’ve never seen a country
As beautiful as mine.
She was such a pretty girl
The one I left behind
She was such a pretty girl
She must have been blind.
I had to leave her
And step out in the world
On a road paved with heartache
My fortune somewhere
I’m on the road boys
Travelin' all the time
And I’ve never seen a country
As beautiful as mine.
Now I’m so far away
And I’m full of wine
I tell them there’s no country
As beautiful as mine.
"All I ever wanted was for people to feel what I feel - the magic of music" - Bap Kennedy, 2016