Yesterday’s Rebel

All the nights pitch black
All the lights are out
I am sittin' in a pub
And havin' a stout
The door opens up
My dad steps in
He says, "Son as you know
I'm not free from sin"

I was yesterday's rebel
I was yesterday's rebel
I had to ring the death knell
I was yesterday's rebel
I was yesterday's rebel
Now I find myself in hell

When I was your age
I joined the IRA
Hard times filled
With cries of dismay
I fought in the name
Of fourty shades of green
A boy with a gun
That's what... (I was)

I was yesterday's rebel
I was yesterday's rebel
I had to ring the death knell
I was yesterday's rebel
I was yesterday's rebel
Now I find myself in hell

At the age of twenty one
I shot a constable down
We lived door by door
In the same town
I couldn't get over it
I felt dead inside
For the promises of freedom
No more I will fight

And now I want to save
You as well

I was yesterday's rebel
I was yesterday's rebel
I had to ring the death knell
I was yesterday's rebel
I was yesterday's rebel
Now I find myself in hell

I was yesterday's rebel
I was yesterday's rebel
I had to ring the death knell
I was yesterday's rebel
I was yesterday's rebel
Now I find myself in hell