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Dropkick Murphys – Gonna Be a Blackout Tonight (2003) | Track profile | Dork

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Gonna Be a Blackout Tonight

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Dropkick Murphys

Gonna Be a Blackout Tonight

Release date: 10th June 2003

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About This Track

"Gonna Be a Blackout Tonight" is a track by Dropkick Murphys, from the album Blackout, released 10th June 2003. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

Gonna Be a Blackout Tonight

[Intro]

Gonna be a blackout

[Verse 1]

Gonna nail me a black curtain up good and tight

Gonna do what my air raid man says is right

I'm gonna pull down the shades and turn out the light

There's gonna be a blackout tonight

[Verse 2]

'Cause my town is big and my town is bright

My town can work and my town can fight

So don't strike no light and don't cause a riot

There's gonna be a blackout tonight

[Chorus]

Blackout tonight

Gonna be a blackout, blackout tonight

Gonna be a blackout

Gonna do what my air raid man says is right

Blackout tonight

Pull down the shades and turn out the lights

[Verse 3]

Lights go out all over town

The air raid warden walks up and down

It's part of the war, I'm gonna do right

There's gonna be a blackout tonight

[Chorus]

Blackout tonight

Gonna be a blackout, blackout tonight

Gonna be a blackout, gonna be a blackout

Gonna do what the air raid man says is right

Blackout tonight

Pull down the shades and turn out the lights

[Bridge]

My town is big and my town is bright

And my town can work and my town can fight

[Verse 3]

Lights go out all over town

The air raid warden walks up and down

'Cause it's part of the war, I'm gonna do right

There's gonna be a blackout tonight

[Chorus]

Blackout tonight

Gonna be a blackout, blackout tonight

Gonna be a blackout, gonna be a blackout

Gonna do what my air raid man says is right

Blackout tonight

Pull down the shades and turn out the lights

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Track details

From Blackout

2003

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Album

Dropkick Murphys

Release year

2003

—Buried Alive
—Worker's Song
—The Outcast
—Gonna Be a Blackout Tonight
—Bastards on Parade
—Black Velvet Band
—This Is Your Life
—World Full of Hate
—As One
—Kiss Me, I'm Shitfaced
—The Dirty Glass
—The Fields of Athenry
—Black Velvet Band
3:03
—Buried Alive
1:58
—Fields of Athenry
4:24

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Dropkick Murphys, Woody Guthrie
Producer: Ken Casey
Engineered At: The Outpost (Studio)
Mastering Engineer: Howie Weinberg
Mixing Engineer: Jim Siegel