The Rumjacks - Patron Saint O' Thieves lyrics

A Christmas song from behind the wire
Auld Nick patron saint o thieves
Murderers & sailors
Strike these shackles from me uh huh
Slide the bolt from out the door
& tear down all the wire
My babys growin cold & im on fire
The aind that whistles off the
Hills & carries her perfume
Carries too a lonely carol badly out of tune
For just tonight beyond them walls
Id lay a mountain low
And sing to her like only i know how

They don't hang no fairy lights
These rusty iron bars
So ill burn a paper lamp for her to see
Though shes left like a widow of
A war that never was
Theres a light still burns in me
Auld Nick patron saint o' merchants
Pawnmen & the judges
Who barter with the lives o men
The battlers & the bludgers
Go haunt the dogs awhile they sleep
& thrash em round to sense
Theres to many good bkys this
Side of the fence

Theres boys in here for liftin
Gear from non-be-wary strangers
Newly minted ner do-wells & them
Born with the dangers
For ljvin less than fruitful lives
Toppin less than faithful wives
A broken line o' fools that span the ages

Auld Nick patron saint o' fools from
Both sides of the law
For his sake wipe the dirty grin
Off that fat bastards jaw
For we're lovers of tradition & we
Might yet find a way
To hold them bloody keys come boxing day