Yesterday’s Rebel

The O’Reillys and the Paddyhats

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🇬🇧 English · Original

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All the nights pitch black All the lights are out I am sittin' in a pub And havin' a stout The door opens up My dad steps in He says, "Son as you know I'm not free from sin" I was yesterday's rebel I was yesterday's rebel I had to ring the death knell I was yesterday's rebel I was yesterday's rebel Now I find myself in hell When I was your age I joined the IRA Hard times filled With cries of dismay I fought in the name Of fourty shades of green A boy with a gun That's what... (I was) I was yesterday's rebel I was yesterday's rebel I had to ring the death knell I was yesterday's rebel I was yesterday's rebel Now I find myself in hell At the age of twenty one I shot a constable down We lived door by door In the same town I couldn't get over it I felt dead inside For the promises of freedom No more I will fight And now I want to save You as well I was yesterday's rebel I was yesterday's rebel I had to ring the death knell I was yesterday's rebel I was yesterday's rebel Now I find myself in hell I was yesterday's rebel I was yesterday's rebel I had to ring the death knell I was yesterday's rebel I was yesterday's rebel Now I find myself in hell