Prince of Darkness (Ed Miller Cover)

Rock, Punk Rock, Gaelic, Ed Miller, Flogging Molly, Thin Lizzy, Male Vocals, angry, passionate, anthem

[Verse 1]
I was born in Charlestown South Boston, and my father was an elder of the clan,
and by the time I reached nineteen, 
He looked me in the eye, 
and told me it was time I was in work

for employment was the way to fight the devil
and i must challenge him wherever he was found 
but if i wanted decent pay, there were five different ways: north, south, east, west or down.

[Chorus]
I do battle with the prince of darkness
i steal away his heart through sixteen foot square; 
and when they told me I'd lose
I'd tell them "aye, sure"
but they never had to teach me how to dream

[Verse 2]
the first time i went over the rope I was shaking
I was just a laddie frightened of the dark
but with my fist in the ring
I soon became a man
I was surely never frightened o' the work

I learned to listen to the beast in my heart
To control the roaring flame
and in every sweated turn
I learned the risks that were run
and the danger was a boxer's middle name

[Verse 3]
i went down at New York and Philly 
sweating blood for chump change knuckles left to ache
and in the locker room and the cage
i learned the spirit of the age
from men who never turned the other cheek

and when my father asked if I was still for Jesus 
was he my help and my savior in the square?
and I said I'd bow my head in prayer 
if I turned and found him there 
at my shoulder on a union picket line

[Verse 4]
now I work in the Pain and Gain Gym 
and show the tourists how the sweet science should be
and when they ask about my clan, 
I tell them I'm a working man, 
and the Movement was clan enough for me

it gave me brothers from Bejing to Belfast 
comrades beneath the rockets red glare
for there's no color creed or race 
when ye're sweating at the face 
with a pick or a shovel in your hand

[Spoken Bridge]
But now we've got a government in L.A.
They say McNeil's won the day
and they come back to find their roots
in their sharp Italian suits 
and when the cameras are gone
so are they

[Verse 5]
and they whisper that the Movement's dying
you can't sell it at the supermarket till 
but where there's fifty left like me 
we'll make bloody sure they see 
that ideas are the hardest things to kill

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[Verse 1] I was born in Charlestown South Boston, and my father was an elder of the clan, and by the time I reached nineteen, He looked me in the eye, and told me it was time I was in work for employment was the way to fight the devil and i must challenge him wherever he was found but if i wanted decent pay, there were five different ways: north, south, east, west or down. [Chorus] I do battle with the prince of darkness i steal away his heart through sixteen foot square; and when they told me I'd lose I'd tell them "aye, sure" but they never had to teach me how to dream [Verse 2] the first time i went over the rope I was shaking I was just a laddie frightened of the dark but with my fist in the ring I soon became a man I was surely never frightened o' the work I learned to listen to the beast in my heart To control the roaring flame and in every sweated turn I learned the risks that were run and the danger was a boxer's middle name [Chorus] I do battle with the prince of darkness i steal away his heart through sixteen foot square; and when they told me I'd lose I'd tell them "aye, sure" but they never had to teach me how to dream [Verse 3] i went down at New York and Philly sweating blood for chump change knuckles left to ache and in the locker room and the cage i learned the spirit of the age from men who never turned the other cheek and when my father asked if I was still for Jesus was he my help and my savior in the square? and I said I'd bow my head in prayer if I turned and found him there at my shoulder on a union picket line [Chorus] I do battle with the prince of darkness i steal away his heart through sixteen foot square; and when they told me I'd lose I'd tell them "aye, sure" but they never had to teach me how to dream [Verse 4] now I work in the Pain and Gain Gym and show the tourists how the sweet science should be and when they ask about my clan, I tell them I'm a working man, and the Movement was clan enough for me it gave me brothers from Bejing to Belfast comrades beneath the rockets red glare for there's no color creed or race when ye're sweating at the face with a pick or a shovel in your hand [Chorus] I do battle with the prince of darkness i steal away his heart through sixteen foot square; and when they told me I'd lose I'd tell them "aye, sure" but they never had to teach me how to dream [Spoken Bridge] But now we've got a government in L.A. They say McNeil's won the day and they come back to find their roots in their sharp Italian suits and when the cameras are gone so are they [Verse 5] and they whisper that the Movement's dying you can't sell it at the supermarket till but where there's fifty left like me we'll make bloody sure they see that ideas are the hardest things to kill [Chorus] I do battle with the prince of darkness i steal away his heart through sixteen foot square; and when they told me I'd lose I'd tell them "aye, sure" but they never had to teach me how to dream

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