Bad luck just weaves through the citynBut it's keeping away from usnWe move out a cone through the trafficnand Water Street is humming alongnBut me and Cecilia singingnand banging on the dashboard in timenSing words on her father's gravestonenHe's there in the humid lightnSingingnnDon't let the bastards grind you downnDon't let the bastards grind you downnDon't let the bastards grind younnNow good luck's in town for the weekendnSo we stumble around until dawnnAnd daylight just melts through the marrownand the morning birds are humming alongnMe and Cecilia singingnand stamping on the asphalt to provenWe're the children of strength and vigournand we were born in the morning bluenSingingnnDon't let the bastards grind you downnDon't let the bastard grind you downnDon't let the bastards grind you downnnJesus Murphy, and its Ava MarianCrying send me the couragenSing let me be deliverednCause there's devils among usnThere's devils living among usnSome have not got their teeth upnSome are ashes in your dustnand they're rotting your freewaysnLocking they're front doors at dusknand they're rasing their familes and nThey're raising their fingers at usnBut this is a good townnBut this here is a heavy ancient thingnThis is a new landnThis is a thing you'll never seennnAnd you're all Jesus Murphy, and it's Ava MarianCrying Send me the courage!nSing Let me be delivered!nnDon't let the bastards grind you downnDon't let the bastards grind you downnDon't let the bastards grind younnBad luck just weaves through the citynBut it's keeping away from us