Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Sober & Godless , by - The Rumjacks. Release date: 05.02.2015
Age restrictions: 18+
Song language: English
Sober & Godless |
| I’d sing for you a song if i could carry a tune |
| Or even put two words together for a start |
| But I’m all at odds y’see, half the bloke I used to be |
| A tin man without his famous heart |
| I once sported language that could strip the walls o' paint |
| And draw colour to the cheeks o' toughened crooks |
| I’d argue with the scholars 'til their words caught in their collars |
| And they scurried home to burn their precious books |
| Until I ran into a shadow & chased her down the alley |
| Where she had her way with me against a wall |
| Laid me with a curse that left me sober & godless |
| Saved my life and took away my soul |
| I’d bend a ball around defenders, outrun the money lenders |
| And played pool like I were fightin bloody war |
| And if they fancied me at darts a trail o' broken hearts |
| Coulda led to me through any boozer door |
| One hand would carry tiles, lay concrete pipe for miles |
| While the other one was back fillin the trench |
| I could dead-lift a barrel, flog the arse aff 'Bump |
| Er Farrell' |
| All before this evil stole away my strength |
| Until I ran into a shadow & chased her down the alley |
| Where she had her way with me against a wall |
| Laid me with a curse that left me sober & godless |
| Saved my life and took away my soul |
| My soul |
| I’d struggle; |
| Oh I’m sure if I only had a conscience |
| 'round Hogmanay or March seventeen |
| Surely it’s a sin to be sober & godless |
| When half the bloody world is wearin' green |
| I’d sing a song of old, draw tears from a statue |
| And I wasnae one to spare the beast the rod |
| Tho' I still feared the mystic powers of smoke & strong whisky |
| To lay me low before an angry God |
| Until I ran into a shadow & chased her down the alley |
| Where she had her way with me against a wall |
| Laid me with a curse that left me sober & godless |
| Saved my life and took away my soul |
| Until I ran into a shadow & chased her down the alley |
| Where she had her way with me against a wall |
| Laid me with a curse that left me sober & godless |
| Saved my life and took away my soul |
| I’m like a ship without an anchor, no tenderness nor rancour |
| Doomed never to see heaven nor a hell |
| A ragged empty coat blowin' round these mortal streets |
| Until I find a way to lift this spell |
| No Love, no hate, no substance, no weight |
| A jilted lover in an arsehole of a state! |