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Rakes Around The Point

from Down & Out In The City Of Saints by The Peelers

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Well once upon the avenue, I caught a fearful sight
A hood emerged from hell’s alcove and stepped into the light
The rain fell on his gutter crown with a Dunhill in his hand
He shot his cuffs, quickened his gait, crept nearer a black sedan

He pulled a heater from his coat, tossed the cigarette
Sidled up to the driver’s door and put two in the back of his head
The cordite rose from the barrel, as the spirit said goodbye
A passing cailín crossed herself saying, “nobody wants to die”

Well death she’ll never leave, death she doesn’t lie
Death her pearls are powder white with sorrow in her eyes
She waits and in her purity drains the color from your face
She’s down at the crook of wretched and ruin to cushion the plummet from grace

They walked into a public house and ordered with a shout
The barman claimed the high ground, “boys i’ll throw yer arses out”
“I’ve no grievance with the likes of you, I’ll make no last request”
He swore on the ghost of the king of the gypsies in effigy upon his chest

When I walk into the pub it’s like all light begins to fade
They cut ‘em down in the half light like the Lay ‘Em Out Brigade
The traitors of class and virtue and they love to drink and fight
No quarter given to anyone by the rakes around the point

Goodbye my darling family, farewell to all my friends
Open the book to the page on perdition to find out how all of this ends
Bound for California, and I’ve scattered the riches too
Oisín himself should rise from the grave, to see what the Kennedy’s knew

A brutish pack of devils, the likes you’ve never seen
They’ll coddle you in a nightmare, and end you in a dream
You’ll find them with Moll Flanders, and other tramps and whores
Be well, God bless, now on yer bike and fuck off out the door

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from Down & Out In The City Of Saints, released March 12, 2021

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Now based in Montreal, The Peelers were formed in 1999 in North Glengarry. They immersed themselves in a hotbed of Gaelic culture that smashed head on into a love of whiskey, poetry, footy, debauchery, ska and punk. They don’t just bend the rules of tradition with their blend of aggro & trad Irish - these long ball merchants tear it to pieces. ... more

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