Hard Line

Donaghues closed up tight tonight as I wander the streets of town

Too late to get drunk too early to pray, too cold to lay back down

The union says we're all for one but the boss man's locked us out

And the Governor sent the goon squad, showing us what he's all about

Well I used to work the factory but the lines have moved on

With hand to mouth so far between the golden times are gone

So I called in all my favors, turned over every stone

And ran down every number from my finger to the bone

Now a hard line's been handed down

From Sligo jail to London town

If ever a time of need my boys, that time is now

After all they've taken there's nothing left

But our lives to lay down

We can leave tonight or bloody well fight

A hard line's been handed down

Now the loyal opposition is sharpening up their knifes

They got 'em out to twist and shout and give us back our lives

There're marching to Jerusalem, there're fighting in the fields

'Til the mother's son comes home again and all will be revealed

Now if anyone has a problem with the noise that we have made

With truncheons and brass knuckles we can easily persuade

The leaders of all nations that grind their people down

With lies and spies and bayonets, we'll put them in the ground

Now a hard line's been handed down

From Sligo jail to London town

If ever a time of need my boys, that time is now

After all they've taken there's nothing left

But our lives to lay down

We can leave tonight or bloody well fight

A hard line's been handed down