Top Songs By The Pogues
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jem Finer
Banjo
Shane MacGowan
Vocals
James Fearnley
Accordion
Terry Woods
Mandolin
Darryl Hunt
Bass Guitar
Andrew Ranken
Drums
Philip Chevron
Guitar
Spider Stacy
Tin Whistle
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jem Finer
Songwriter
Shane MacGowan
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Paul Cobbold
Engineer
Joe Strummer
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Life's a bitch, then you die
Black Hell
Hell's Ditch – naked howling freedom
[Verse 2]
The killer's hands are bound with chains
At six o'clock it starts to rain
He'll never see the dawn again
Our Lady of the Flowers
[Verse 3]
Genet's feeling Ramon's dick
The guy in the bunk above gets sick
In the cell next door the lunatic starts screaming for his mother
[Verse 4]
Black dildo, black hell
As the Spanish cops ridiculed my gel
A mugshot I remember well
Little man, how you have suffered!
[Verse 5]
I could hear the screams from up above
If it ain't a fist, it isn't love
As for our lady, she kneels down
Her neck is bent, the blade comes down
Doing! There goes the breakfast bell
Back from heaven, back to hell
Naked howling freedom – Hell's Ditch
Written by: Jem Finer, Shane Patrick McGowan