Oh the night’s pitch black,
All the lights are out.
I’m sitting in a pub,
And having a stout.
The door opens up,
My date stands in.
He says, “Son as you know,
I’m not free from sin.”
I was yesterday’s rebel
Woah oh oh oh oh.
I was yesterday’s rebel
I have to ring the death knell
I was yesterday’s rebel
Woah oh oh oh oh.
I was yesterday’s rebel
Now I find myself in Hell.
When I was your age,
I joined the IRA.
Hard times filled,
The price of dismay.
I fought in the name,
Of forty shades of green.
A boy with a gun,
That’s when...
I was yesterday’s rebel
Woah oh oh oh oh.
I was yesterday’s rebel
I have to ring the death knell.
I was yesterday’s rebel
Woah oh oh oh oh.
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.
Now I want to save you,
That’s when...
I was yesterday’s rebel
Woah oh oh oh oh.
I was yesterday’s rebel
I have to ring the death knell.
I was yesterday’s rebel
Woah oh oh oh oh.
I was yesterday’s rebel
Now I find myself in Hell.
Oh the night’s pitch black,
All the lights are out.
I’m sitting in a pub,
And having a stout.
The door opens up,
My date stands in.
He says, “Son as you know,
I’m not free from sin.”
I was yesterday’s rebel
Woah oh oh oh oh.
I was yesterday’s rebel
I have to ring the death knell
I was yesterday’s rebel
Woah oh oh oh oh.
I was yesterday’s rebel
Now I find myself in Hell.
When I was your age,
I joined the IRA.
Hard times filled,
The price of dismay.
I fought in the name,
Of forty shades of green.
A boy with a gun,
That’s when...
I was yesterday’s rebel
Woah oh oh oh oh.
I was yesterday’s rebel
I have to ring the death knell.
I was yesterday’s rebel
Woah oh oh oh oh.
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 will I fight.
Now I want to save you,
That’s when...
I was yesterday’s rebel
Woah oh oh oh oh.
I was yesterday’s rebel
I have to ring the death knell.
I was yesterday’s rebel
Woah oh oh oh oh.
I was yesterday’s rebel
Now I find myself in Hell.
Lyrics Submitted by Michael Finn