The Rumjacks Patron Saint o' thieves song lyrics

Auld Nick patron saint o thieves, murderers & sailors

Strike these shackles from me uh-huh

Slide the bolt from out the door & tear down all the wire

My baby's growin cold & I'm on fire

The wind that whistles off the hills & carries her perfume

Carries too a lonely carol badly out of tune

For just tonight beyond them walls I'd lay a mountain low

And sing to her like only I know how

They dont hang no fairy lights these rusty iron bars

So ill burn a paper lamp for her to see

Though shes left like a widow of a war that never was

Theres a light still burns in me

Auld Nick patron saint o' merchants, pawnmen & the judges

Who barter with the lives o men the battlers & the bludgers

Go haunt the dogs awhile they sleep & thrash em round to sense

Theres to many good boys this side of the fence

They dont hang no fairy lights these rusty iron bars

So ill burn a paper lamp for her to see

Though shes left like a widow of a war that never was

Theres a light still burns in me

Theres boys in here for liftin gear from non-be-wary strangers

Newly minted ner-do-wells & them born with the dangers

For livin less than fruitful lives, toppin less than faithful wives

A broken line o' fools that span the ages

They dont hang no fairy lights these rusty iron bars

So ill burn a paper lamp for her to see

Though shes left like a widow of a war that never was

Theres a light still burns in me

Auld Nick patron saint o' fools from both sides of the law

For his sake wipe the dirty grin off that fat bastards jaw

For we're lovers of tradition & we might yet find a way

To hold them bloody keys come boxing day

They dont hang no fairy lights these rusty iron bars

So ill burn a paper lamp for her to see

Though shes left like a widow of a war that never was

Theres a light still burns in me

They dont hang no fairy lights these rusty iron bars

So ill burn a paper lamp for her to see

Though shes left like a widow of a war that never was

Theres a light still burns in me

Burn it boys!