I've lost all the time that I have in this world
I've spent it unwisely, unwisely I see
And I can't get it back and I can't move forward
I'm broken and I'm empty, it's over for me

If I could undo all the wrongs that I've caused
Fall to my knees, pray for swiftness and just
For I'm just a fool, a fool driven to dust
An the world ain't gonna change for me

So give me one more chance to prove these problems and frustrations
Aren't just manifest in memories we're destined to repeat
A second chance to prove I know right from wrong

I swear I'll do things different but can't promise to be strong
So come all you losers, your bastards and cheats
Vagrants and barflies down on the stree
Follow this path to salvation, vindication awats
We're marching on east Broadway street tonight

If you could look into this old face and try to see the young man
I swear I once was pretty, not the monster you now see
But I squandered all my chances, lost my faith and took for granted
This life and precious one chance, the whirlwind I'll wreak

If I could undo all the wrongs that I've caused
Fall to my knees, pray for swiftness and just
For I'm just a fool, a fool driven to dust
An the world ain't gonna change for me

So come all you losers, you bastards and cheats
Vagrants and barflies down on the stree
Follow this path to salvation, vindication awats
We're marching on east Broadway street tonight

So come all you losers, you bastards and cheats
Vagrants and barflies down on the stree
Follow this path to salvation, vindication awats
We're marching on east Broadway street tonight

So come all you losers, you bastards and cheats
Vagrants and barflies down on the stree
Follow this path to salvation, vindication awats
We're marching on east Broadway street tonight


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Bastards on Parade Lyrics as written by Kenneth William Casey Alexander Martin Barr

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    This is my favourite Dropkick Murphys song. It's so full of emotion and desperation, kinda makes you feel sorry for the guy until the chorus comes along! He sort of seems to regret everything he may have done, but in a way he's given into the reality of it - that he'll never be able to change and forget the past.

    Also, the mandolin solo is one of the most mind-blowing things I've ever heard. At 2:46 into the song. The drum rolls... the mandolin...oooooh my god. Incredible.

    green_eyes88on April 16, 2006   Link

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