Black 47 Follow

D'ya remember back in the Five Points
When the fire was in the air?
The streets were hot as a hob of Hell
The bodies' everywhere

An' Ol' Johnny jumped up on a burning plank
Roared out to the sky
"I didn't come here to America
To give up the ghost and die"

I didn't come here to America
Across the raging foam
To die like a slave in a pig sty
I came here to find a home

Where I could live in dignity
And hold me head up high
So don't go messing with me or me family
Or I'll blow these Five Points to the sky

Soldier boys are running wild
Down by the Gates of Hell
I must get to St. Patrick's
Ring the warning bell

I won't join the bloody army
Sooner burn down Kerosene Row
So to Hell with your kings and your presidents
Let them fight their own bloody wars, oh

Didn't come here to America
Across the raging foam
To die like a slave in a pig sty
I came here to find a home

Where I could live in dignity
And hold me head up high
So don't go messing with me or me family

Don't say you love me
Unless you really do
I haven't got time to be wasting
On the likes of you

Don't say you'll sleep with me
Unless you'll follow through
Them bully boys are closing in
They'll be cracking heads for the price of gin
But you better look out
'Cause here come the Boys in Green

D'ya remember back in the Five Points
When the fire was in the air?
Streets were hot as the hob of Hell
The bodies' everywhere

Ol' Johnny stood up on a burning plank
And he roared out to the sky
‽I didn't come here to America
To give up the ghost and die”

I didn't come here to America
Across the raging foam
To die like a slave in a pig sty
I came here to find a home

Where I could live in dignity
And hold me head up high
So don't go messing with me or me family
Or I'll blow these Five Points to the sky

So don't go messing with me or me family
Or I'll blow these Five Points to the sky

D'ya remember back in the Five Points
When the fire was in the air?
The streets were hot as a hob of Hell