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The Cranberries – The Rebels (1996) | Track profile | Dork

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To The Faithful Departed
The Rebels

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The Cranberries

The Rebels

Release date: 30th April 1996

From To The Faithful Departed

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About This Track

"The Rebels" is a track by The Cranberries, from the album To The Faithful Departed, released 30th April 1996. Full lyrics are available below.

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The Cranberries

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Lyrics

The Rebels

Seems like yesterday we were sixteen

We were the rebels of the rebel scene

He wore Doc Martens in the sun

Drinking vintage cider having fun

We were drinking vintage cider having fun

It wasn't often, that we'd fight at all

It wasn't often

It wasn't often, that we'd fight at all

It wasn't often

We wore Doc Martens in the snow

(We will never go)

Paint our toe-nails black and let our hair grow

(We will never grow)

What I am now's what I was then

(We will never know)

I am not more acceptable than them

But, I am not more acceptable than them

It wasn't often, that we'd fight at all

It wasn't often

It wasn't often, that we'd fight at all

It wasn't often

It wasn't often. [x8]

Seems like yesterday we were sixteen

We were the rebels of the rebel scene

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From To The Faithful Departed

1996

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1996

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Production & Engineering

Writer: Dolores O’Riordan
Producer: Bruce Fairbairn, The Cranberries
Drums: Fergal Lawler
Vocals: Dolores O’Riordan
Acoustic Guitar: Dolores O’Riordan, Noel Hogan
Bass Guitar: Mike Hogan
Electric Guitar: Dolores O’Riordan, Noel Hogan
Mandolin: Dolores O’Riordan, Noel Hogan
Mixing Engineer: Mike Plotnikoff
Percussion: Fergal Lawler