Lights are out, no one’s sleeping
Hearts are beating fast, time is creeping
A necklace of nails, stretching twenty-foot wide
Hangs around the neck of St. Gabriel’s Drive
Behind the houses, stacked like boxes
Dug out in the fields with the hares and foxes
Lying in wait for some kind of sign
Just another night on St. Gabriel’s Drive
Seán, stay at home, you’re too young
His brothers say, before they run
To join the fight, but he follows
And soon they’re calling
Come on, come on, you can make it, make it
Grab a stick or a stone, go on take it, take it
Come on, come on with us
Come on, come on with us
Come on, come on with us
Concrete cracks, windows shatter
Flares light up the dark, doors get battered
As bottles and rocks rain down from the sky
To greet the uninvited on St. Gabriel’s Drive
Searchlights scan for troublemakers
Trying to round up all the law breakers
Mothers pray that their sons survive
Just another night on St. Gabriel’s Drive
Seán is hiding down an alleyway
His brothers shout out, run this way
But he’s too frightened to follow
They’re calling to him
Come on, come on, you can make it, make it
It’s the only way out, go on take it, take it
Come on, come on with us
Come on, come on with us
Come on, come on with us
Come on, come on with us
Come on, come on with us
Come on, come on with us
Every which way he turns, he’s hounded
The others have fled, but he’s surrounded
He won’t be making it home tonight or tomorrow
Come on, come on with us, that’s all she hears
As an armoured car takes her youngest away
Come on, come on with us
Come on, come on with us
Come on, come on with us
Come on, come on with us
Lights are out, no one’s sleeping
Hearts are beating fast, time is creeping
Brothers plot, as their mother cries
Just another night on St. Gabriel’s Drive