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Dropkick Murphys

Memorial Day

Release date: 1st March 2011

From Going Out in Style
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About This Track

"Memorial Day" is a track by Dropkick Murphys, from the album Going Out in Style, released 1st March 2011. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Dropkick Murphys

Dropkick Murphys

Lyrics

Memorial Day

You've gotta pick yourself up by the boostraps

No one's gonna help you out when you fall

You've gotta find a way out of your problems

When you're broke and you're backed up against the wall

If you sleep on your only chances

They'll never come around again

So dig deep and swing for the fences

You never know it might work out in the end

Come join the fight

So we can change the way we're living

What's left inside?

If you believe believe you'll never give in

Come join the fight

Turn the way and you'll be sure to lose it

Hold onto those dreams

They're the one thing they can't take away now

I was young and I wouldn't hear it

You had opinions, I had mine too

Just a kid with all the answers

A pompous pride and not one clue

It's getting late now shadow's falling

As the sun sets on my time

There's always something there to remind me

I try to keep up and still fall behind

Come join the fight

So we can change the way we're living

What's left inside?

If you believe believe you'll never give in

Come join the fight

Turn the way and you'll be sure to lose it

Hold onto those dreams

They're the one thing they can't take away now

What's left inside?

If you believe believe you'll never give in

I was young and I wouldn't hear it

You had opinions, I had mine too

Just a kid with all the answers

A pompous pride and not one clue

Come join the fight

So we can change the way we're living

What's left inside?

If you believe believe you'll never give in

Come join the fight

Turn the way and you'll be sure to lose it

Hold onto those dreams

They're the one thing they can't take away now

Come join the fight

Come join the fight

Come join the fight

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Track details

From Going Out in Style

2011
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Album
Going Out in Style
Going Out in Style
Dropkick Murphys
Release year
2011
  1. —Peg O' My Heart
  2. —Take 'Em Down
  3. —Sunday Hardcore Matinee
  4. —Hang 'Em High
  5. —Memorial Day
  6. —1953
  7. —Going Out in Style
  8. —Broken Hymns
  9. —Climbing a Chair to Bed
  10. —Cruel
  11. —Deeds Not Words
  12. —The Hardest Mile
  13. —The Irish Rover
  14. —Peg O' My Heart
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Writer
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Mastering Engineer
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Mixing Engineer
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