Dropkick Murphys é uma banda de celtic punk formada em Quincy, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos. Primeiramente tocavam juntos no porão de um barbearia de um amigo, eles misturaram Oi!, música irlandesa, e hardcore. Suas influências incluem bandas como Stiff Little Fingers, The Pogues, The Clash e Swinging Utters. O nome da banda foi tirado de um centro de reabilitação de drogados.
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Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
Verse 1: DADA The status of our future in both past and present time, DAE~ Is relegated to a member of a higher class than mine DADA To determine and direct the lives of family men who bear the burden DAE Of living up to standard that doesn't exist in 1999
Chorus 1: ADAE Who's gonna save us from this lonely picket line, ADG-DAE 10 years of service, but I'm still not worth your time
Verse 2: DADA Times may be changing, but I'll never leave behind DAE~ The hopes and thoughts I have of better days for families such as mine DADA Because if history repeats itself, and time will surely tell DAE~ What goes around's gonna come around, and you'll know our pain too well
Chorus 2: ADAE Who's gonna save us from this lonely picket line, ADG-DAE 10 years of service, but I'm still not worth your time, ADAE And I've seen men give their lives, and heard the stories that they tell ADG-DAE Of how they labored for this company which sold it's soul to hell...
Bridge: D~ E~ A~ DA The status of our future in both past and present time, D~ E~ A~ DA Is relegated to a member of a higher class than mine D~ E~ A~ DA To determine and direct the lives of family men who bear the burden D~ E~ A~ DE Of living up to standard that doesn't exist in 1999