Lyrics

Bap Kennedy Songs A-Z. Click on a title below

• All Alone       (from the album 'Stop the Machine')

• All Your Jewels      (from the album 'Stop the Machine')

• Almost Always Wrong      (from the album 'Lonely Street')

• A Sight For Sore Eyes      (from the album Orchardville')

• Atlantic City      (from the album 'Shinola')

• Baby It's Alright       (from the album 'Lonely Street')

• Be Careful What You Wish For          (from the album 'Lonely Street')

• Big Town          (from the album 'Orchardville')

• Blue Eyed Boy          (from the album 'Stop the Machine')

• Bradzo's Settee          (TBR)

• Coming Through         (from the album 'Orchardville')

• Domestic Blues          (from the album 'Domestic Blues')

• Dont Fail Me Now          (from the album 'Shinola')

• Drunk On the Blood of Christ          (from the album 'Lonely Street')

•  Dream Of You          (from the album 'Domestic Blues')

• Elvis Hank & Me          (from the album 'Lonely Street')

• Fireworks          (from the album 'The Big Picture')

• Four Hundred Bottles of Wine         (TBR)

• Gladys & Vernon          (from the album 'Lonely Street'))

• Good Times on Franklin Road          (from the album 'Lonely Street')

• Hank’s Last Waltz          (from the album 'Lonely Street')

• Heart Trouble           (TBR)

• How the West Was Won          (from the album 'Stop the Machine')

• In My Room          (from the album 'Shinola')

• I Hate to Say Goodbye          (from the album 'Orchardville')

• I'm Crackin' Up

• I'm No Angel          (from the album 'Orchardville')

• I’ve Fallen in Love          (from the album 'Domestic Blues')

• Little Pale Face          (from the album 'Stop the Machine')

• London Fields          (from the album 'Shinola')

• Lonely Street          (from the album 'Lonely Street')

• Lonesome Lullaby          (from the album 'Lonely Street')

• Long Time a-Comin’          (from the album 'Domestic Blues')

• Loverman          (from the album 'The Big Picture')

• Low Life          (from the album 'Domestic Blues')

• Majestic Moon          (TBR)

• Milky Way          (from the album 'The Big Picture')

• Moonlight Kiss          (from the album 'Lonely Street')

• Moriarty’s Blues          (from the album 'The Big Picture')

• Mostly Water          (from the album 'Domestic Blues')

• My Cheating Heart          (from the album 'Stop the Machine')

• My Money          (from the album 'Domestic Blues')

• On the Mighty Ocean Alcohol          (from the album 'The Big Picture')

• Pain, Heartbreak & Redemption          (from the album 'Orchardville')

• Pain Killer          (from the album 'Orchardville')

• Remember My Name          (from the album 'Orchardville')

• Rock n Roll Heaven          (from the album 'The Big Picture')

• Saturday Night & Sunday Morning          (from the album 'Lonely Street')

• Sailor Town          (from the album 'Orchardville')

• Seven Sisters          (from the album 'Orchardville')

• She's The One I Adore          (from the album 'Pain Killer')

• Sight for Sore Eyes          (from the album 'Orchardville')

• Slieveban Drive          (from the album 'Orchardville')

• Somebody's Brother          (from the album 'Orchardville')

• Stay Away          (from the album 'Orchardville')

• Streetwise          (from the album 'The Big Picture')

• Stop the Machine  (from the album 'Orchardville')

• Stuck With Myself          (from the album 'Lonely Street')

• Sugar Love

• Surrender To The City          (from the album 'Orchardville')

• Tell Your Mother (from the album 'Stop the Machine')

• The Back Room          (from the album 'Domestic Blues')

• The Beautiful Country          (from the album 'The Big Picture')

• The Past Is Another Country          (from the album 'Orchardville')

• The Ghosts of Belfast          (from the album 'Domestic Blues')

• The Lamp Post Song          (TBR)

• The Shankill & The Falls          (from the album 'Domestic Blues')

• The Shipyard Song          (from the album 'Orchardville')

• The Sweet Smell of Success          (from the album 'The Big Picture')

• The Truth Is Painful          (from the album 'The Big Picture')

• The Way I Love Her          (from the album 'Domestic Blues')

• Three Days On The Tear          (from the album 'Stop the Machine')

• Too Old For Fairytales          (from the album 'The Big Picture')

• Unforgiven          (from the album 'Domestic Blues')

• Vampire          (from the album 'Domestic Blues')

• Wasted          (from the album 'Orchardville')

Baby it's alright

(Bap Kennedy)

I know you’re in there somewhere and it’s plain to see

You’re unhappy and the last thing on your mind is me

But when we kissed for the very first time

Was I in your movie or were you in mine?

Baby it’s alright, it’s alright baby

There’s a bitter moon shining down tonight

We can’t call this love if all we do is fight

But when we kissed for the very first time

Was I in your movie or were you in mine?

Baby it’s alright, it’s alright baby

But when we kissed for the very first time

Was I in your movie or were you in mine?

Baby it’s alright, it’s alright baby

You gotta let her know, you gotta tell her so

Baby it’s alright, it’s alright baby

Be careful what you wish for

(Bap Kennedy)

My daddy went to jail

He broke my mama’s heart

When he got back he said we’ll never be apart

Let’s find some place

Let’s go and make some cash

So we loaded up the truck with all our poor white trash

Yeah yeah yeah be careful what you wish for

Yeah yeah yeah be careful what you wish for

We came to a crossroads

Mama said - which way?

And I pointed to up Memphis and daddy said ok

So we rolled into town

Expecting more of the same

And down through the boulevard that would carry my name

Yeah yeah yeah be careful what you wish for

Yeah yeah yeah be careful what you wish for

I found my voice and I was in demand

Nobody knew what was going on

But the little girls seemed to understand

Somebody took care of business

I did it - everything he said

I got rich and I one day I woke up

And baby I was dead

Yeah yeah yeah be careful what you wish for

Yeah yeah yeah be careful what you wish for

Domestic Blues

(Bap Kennedy)

You know how to hurt me baby
Oh yes you do
You know how to hurt baby
Oh yes you do
I've got to get out of this house
before I hurt you
I got my guitar in my hand
And I'm walking out that door
I got my guitar in my hand
And I'm walking out that door
Well I don't know where I'm going
I just know I have to go

I don't need no company
I want to be alone
I don't need no company
I want to be on my own
You know I feel just like a child
Who doesn't have a home
You how to hurt me baby
Oh yes you do
You know how to hurt me baby
On yes you do
I've got to get out of this house
before I hurt you

You how to hurt me baby
Oh yes you do
You know how to hurt me baby
On yes you do

Dream of You

(Bap Kennedy)

Saturday

Came with the sun

You were crossing the street

With your blue dress on

I was just getting up

And out of that room

Down to the street

Lookin for you

Do you dream of me?

Do you dream of me?

Do you dream of me?

Do you dream of me

The way I dream of you

Every night

I lie on this bed

Thinking of things

I should have said

Its too complicated

It always is

Turn off the light turn on yourself

It’s too hot in here

Too hot to sleep

And I’ve got too many

Secrets to keep

It’s all in my head

I don’t know what to do

But I’ve got to know

Is it in your head too?

Do you dream of me?

Do you dream of me?

Do you dream of me?

Do you dream of me

The way I dream of you

The way I dream of you

Drunk on the Blood of Christ

(Bap Kennedy)

The lord came in here last night

He turned up in a heavenly light

He took me by the hand

And I told the band

That I was Drunk on the blood of Christ

I did all the things I shouldn’t do

And then I’d  come crawling back to you

I was running around letting everybody down

but now I’m drunk on the blood of Christ

Sometimes I was mean, sometimes I was obscene

But now I’m drunk on the blood of Christ

Elvis Hank & Me

(Bap Kennedy)

I’m feeling pretty lonesome

I’m feeling pretty strange

Something better happen

Something better change

The dogs in the street know

The only way is down

We’re just getting ready

For a hole in the ground

Ooh ooh ooh I can feel it

Ooh ooh ooh I can feel it

From the top of my head down to my toes

Ooh ooh ooh I can feel it

Ooh ooh ooh you can’t defeat it

It’s penicillin for my soul

Its comin’ through the ether

Its comin’ through the wall

You never had nothin’

Then you had it all

And everybody loves you

And everything is free

Until it turns into another

Rock n roll tragedy

Ooh ooh ooh I can feel it

Ooh ooh ooh I can feel it

From the top of my head down to my toes

Ooh ooh ooh I can feel it

Ooh ooh ooh you can’t defeat it

It’s penicillin for my soul

I’m feeling pretty lonesome

I’m feeling pretty strange

Something better happen

Something better change

And you woke me in the middle

Of a beautiful dream

We were standing on the corner

Elvis Hank and me

(Bap Kennedy)

Chill out baby
Drop that frown
Don’t look back
Don’t look down
I’m a bad boy
I’m no good
Without your love
You know it’s true

'Cos when she loves me
I’m lost for words
When she loves me
It’s fireworks

She’s my jewel
She’s my pearl
She’s my heartbeat
She’s my little girl

Where’s my baby
I’m pacin’ the room
Calling out her name
And howlin' at the moon

When she loves me
I’m lost for words
And when she loves me
It’s fireworks

When she loves me
I'm lost for words
And when she loves me
It’s fireworks

Chill out baby
Drop that frown
Don’t look back
Don’t look down

I’m a bad boy
and I’m no good
Without her love
I know it’s true.

Gladys & Vernon

(Bap Kennedy)

Gladys and Vernon went out last night

She let him steal a kiss

In the blue moonlight

He’s four years younger

And his jeans are torn

But he looks just like an angel

And his hands are warm

Gladys and Vernon

Need somewhere to live

She’s got a child comin’

Something’s gotta give

She’s poor but in her heart

She knows some day she will

Die rich in a mansion on a hill

Gladys and Vernon

Are down in the church

Prayin’ for their baby

Who didn’t make it down to earth

Beside them is his brother

And he gives his mother joy

She cannot take her eyes off

That little poor boy

Good times on Franklin Road

(Bap Kennedy)

All those good times on Franklin road

All those love songs that I wrote

That made you cry

You said you had something in your eye

Good times good times on Franklin Road

Tonight the lone star is aglow

And it’s the only star I know

So high up and so far

I can see it from this bar

Shinin’ down on Franklin Road

Good times on Franklin road

Just this one and then I’ll go

And they’ll all be

Glad to see me

Glad to see me back on Franklin Road

I’m going back to Franklin Road

I’ve been gone too long from Franklin Road

Hank’s Last Waltz

(Bap Kennedy)

Bochepus come and sit on my knee

I was so skinny well you don’t take after me

Some stories are true

But most of them’s false

And this is ol’ Hanks last waltz

In the morning they might find me dead

I’ve got nothing left, it’s all been said

The angel of death is coming to dance

And this is ol’ Hanks last chance

When they bury me just watch them arrive

I can pack them in boys dead or alive

I don’t need a pulse, I don’t need a band

And this is ol’ Hanks last stand

I’ve fallen in love

(Bap Kennedy)

I sang "Danny Boy"

Out of the window

I don't know the words

I was making them up

And stepping outside

To feel the sun shining

I can't deny

I've fallen in love

I told them your name

I said where you come from

I’ll see you again

That kind of stuff

I told them your name

But I never told them

I never said

I've fallen in love

Chorus

Falling in love

Falling in love

Feels like my heart

Has been struck by lightning

You're in my head

It's you I'm dreaming of

I better come clean

Have to tell someone

I have to tell someone

I've fallen in love

Lonely Street

(Bap Kennedy)

Mama, tell me,
Where did I go wrong?
Mama, tell me,
Where do I belong?

Don't know what it is that people see
And every night I walk a lonely street

Do you love me?
Or am I just hanging on?
Do you love me?
Or all those feelings all gone?

Don't know what it is I'm supposed to be
Every night I walk a lonely street

Well it's always gonna be this way
And I don't really, really don't want to stay

Don't know if it's you
Or if it's me...
And every night I walk a lonely street
Every night I walk a lonely street

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