The Body Of An American (Live)
Pogues

The cadillac stood by the house
And the yanks they were within
And the tinker boys they hissed advice
'Hot-wire her with a pin'
We turned and shook as we had a look
In the room where the dead men lay
So big Jim Dwyer made his last trip
To the home where his father's laid
Fifteen minutes later
We had our first taste of whiskey
There was uncles giving lectures
On ancient Irish history
The men all started telling jokes
And the women they got frisky
At five o'clock in the evening
Every bastard there was piskey
Fare thee well going away
There's nothing left to say
Farewell to New York City boys
To Boston and PA
He took them out
With a well-aimed clout
He was often heard to say
I'm a free born man of the USA
He fought the champ in Pittsburgh
And he slashed him to the ground
He took on Tiny Tartanella
And it only went one round
He never had no time for reds
For drink or dice or whores
And he never threw a fight
Unless the fight was right
So they sent him to the war
Fare the well gone away
There's nothing left to say
With a slainte Joe and Erin go
My love's in Amerikay
The calling of the rosary
Spanish winde from far away
I'm a free born man of the USA
This morning on the harbour
When I said goodbye to you
I remember how I swore
That I'd come back to you one day
And as the sunset came to meet
The evening on the hill
I told you I'd always love
I always did and I always will
Fare thee well gone away
There's nothing left to say
'cept to say adieu
To your eyes as blue
As the water in the bay
And to big Jim Dwyer
The man of wire
Who was often heard to say
I'm a free born man of the USA


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  5 Green Queens And Jean   A Pair Of Brown Eyes   A Pair Of Brown Eyes (Live)   A Rainy Night In Soho   A Rainy Night In Soho (Live)   Amadie   An American Body   And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda   Anniversary   Big City   Billy's Bones   Blue Heaven   Boat Train   Bottle Of Smoke   Bottle Of Smoke (Live)   Boys From The County Hell   Bright Lights   Cotton Fields   Curse Of Love   Dark Streets Of London   Dirty Old Town   Dirty Old Town (Live)   Down All the Days   Down In The Ground Where The Dead Men Go   Drunken Boat   Every Man Is A King   Fairytale Of New York   Fairytale Of New York (and Kirsty MacColl)   Fairytale Of New York (Live)   Fiesta   Fiesta (Live)   Five Green Queens And Jean   Four O'Clock In The Morning   Galway Races   Gartloney Rats   Girl From The Wadi Hammamat   Greenland Whale Fisheries   Gridlock   Haunted   Haunting   Hell's Ditch   Honky Tonk Woman   House Of The Gods   How Come   I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day   I'm A Man You Don't Meet Everyday   If I Should Fall From Grace With God   If I Should Fall From Grace With God (Live)   Jack's Heroes   Jesse James   Johnny Come Lately   Just One Of Those Things   Kitty   Living In A World Without Her   London Girl   London You're a Lady   Lorca's Novena   Lorelei   Love You 'till The End   Lullaby Of London   Lullaby Of London (Live)   Medley   Medley (Recruiting Sergeant, Rocky Road To Dublin,...   Metropolis   Miss Otis Regrets   Misty Morning, Albert Bridge   Modern World   Mother Mo Chroi   Muirshin Durkin   My Baby's Gone   Navigator   Night Train to Lorca   Once Upon A Time   Oretown   Pachinko   Paris St. Germain   Point Mirabeau   Pont Mirabeau   Poor Paddy   Rain Street   Rain Street (Live)   Rainbow Man   Rake At The Gates Of Hell   Recruiting Sergeant   Repeal Of The Licensing Laws   Sally MacLennane   Sally MacLennane (Live)   Sayonara   Sea Shanty   Sit Down By The Fire   Sitting On Top Of The World   Six To Go   Small Hours   Smell Of Petroleum   South Australia   Star Of The County Down   Streams Of Whiskey   Streams Of Whiskey (Live)   Streets of Sorrow   Streets Of Sorrow/birmingham Six   Streets Of Sorrow\/Birmingham Six   Summer In Siam   Sunnyside Of The Street   The Auld Triangle   The Body Of An American   The Boys From The County Hell   The Boys From The County Hell (Live)   The Broad Majestic Shannon   The Broad Majestic Shannon (Live)   The Gentleman Soldier   The Ghost Of A Smile   The Irish Rover   The Irish Rover (featuring The Dubliners)   The Irish Rover (Live)   The Irish Rover (with The Dubliners)   The Leaving Of Liverpool   The Limerick Rake   The Old Main Drag   The Old Main Drag (Live)   The Parting Glass   The Rare Old Mountain Dew   The Rocky Road to Dublin   The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn   The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn (Live)   The Star Of County Down   The Sun And The Moon   The Sunnyside Of The Street   The Wake Of The Medusa   Thousands Are Sailing   Tombestone   Tombstone   Tosspint   Transmetropolitan   Tuesday Morning   Tuesday Morning (Live)   Turkish Song Of The Damned   Turkish Song Of The Damned (Live)   USA   Waxie's Dargle   When The Ship Comes In   Where That Love's Been Gone   Whiskey In The Jar   Whiskey You're The Devil   Whiskey, You're The Devil   White City   Wild Rover   Worms   Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah   Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah   Young Ned of the Hill   Young Ned Of The Hill (Live)

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