Christy Moore - Suffocate lyrics

Paddy maintains we’re all yellow inside gun
Smoke got him and no mistake
Say he wants his car on the road
He can’t even locate the brakes
He’d give his kingdom for a drink he would
He’d sell his mother like he sold his blood
Waiting for dole satisfies him
Paddy didn’t even learn how to swim

But, you go crazy if you think about it
You don’t think about it you suffocate
Backs against the wall and
Let the building fall
It may not be the perfect life but
It's better than none at all

18 beats 21 you bet, it’s
All just a gag John, no sweat
The old man says he still needs a hand
And the neighbours only ever want cigarettes
Drinks in the evening, everybody’s emigrating
Or planning for it any way
Oh it’s all the same old thing

Come out of your Celtic twilight kids join
The bums down here by the bank
We’re all having a rare aul time
Put another drop of the juice in the tank
Rise there, Paddy, rise
Forget your stupid pride oh the state of us
What the hell is happening?
It’s a hard life when grown men can’t afford
The price of a packet of ten