Karaoké Barroom Hero Dropkick Murphys

Face down in the gutter

Won't admit defeat though his clothes are soiled and black

He's a big strong man with a child's mind

Don't you take his booze away

Hey

He's been at it for years

Drinkin' balls and beers

He's a hero to most he meets

But inside he cries

Black, swollen eyes

This man he sheds no tears

Now his wife and kids sing a different tune as they worry 'bout their daddy dyin'

But this arrogant fool breaks every rule

It'll be nothin' but pride that kills him

Could he listen, no he won't

That's all she wrote

He'll be dead before the daylight shines

But the thoughts and prayers

Might keep this man from dyin'

He's a legend in the bar with every scar

Fights a thousand bigger men

Now he fights and loses

Got all the bruises

Will someone please step in

Oh this Irish fool's got a great big heart

He keeps climbin' back into the ring

In the low down circles where he holds his court

This man he once was king

Could he listen, no he won't

That's all she wrote

He'll be dead before the daylight shines

But the thoughts and prayers

Might keep this fool from dyin'

Could he listen, no he won't

That's all she wrote

He'll be dead before the daylight shines

But the thoughts and prayers

Might keep this fool from dyin'

This one still goes out to the Boston Punks and Skins

A rowdy punch indeed

This one for the Ducky Boys

Our system's not punchin' in trouble here in the Showcase Showdown

This one goes out to Arthur McGilvery

Connie Gibbons and Jimmy Morgan

Barroom heroes who are no longer with us

This goes out to one-top-ass much-lovin' car between the necks outskirts of the West End

We are the Wreck-It

He's a legend in the bar with every scar

Fights a thousand bigger men

Now he fights and loses

Got all the bruises

Will someone please step in

'Cos this Irish fool's got a great, big heart

He keeps climbin' back in to the ring

In the low down circles where he holds his court

This man he once was king

Could he listen, no he won't

That's all she wrote

He'll be dead before the daylight shines

But the thoughts and prayers

Might keep this fool from dyin'

Could he listen, no he won't

That's all she wrote

He'll be dead before the daylight shines

But the thoughts and prayers

Might keep this fool from dyin'