Down In The Ground Where The Dead Men Go Lyrics

(Shane MacGowan)
Hello boys I've been away
On a bit of a holiday
To the land where the rivers freely flow
And the cattle roam on the wild callagh
Walking home three parts pissed
I stumbled and fell in the morning mist
I fell and rolled in the hungry gra*s
That tells the tale of a terrible past
I screamed and ran and dreamt I fell
Down in the depths of a freezing hell
Four million people starved to death
Could smell the curse on their dying breath
Where no one ever wants to go
Down in the ground where the dead men go

To hell which is circular all around
Down in the belly of the big cold ground
The moving shadows were everywhere
The very trees seemed to bend and stare
I remembered the dunes on a Sligo shore
Screamed and ran till I could run no more
Over the fields and across the moor
I ran in the house and slammed the door
What the hell's that over there
A putrefying corpse sitting in that chair
Where no one ever wants to go
Down in the ground where the dead men go

Been drunk as a skunk since I've been home
From bar to bar like a ghost I roamed
I can't forget those things I saw
Been down with the devil in the Dalling Road
One place I don't want to go
Down in the ground where the dead men go

The Pogues - Original Album Series:Hell's Ditch/If I Should Fall From Grace With God/Peace And Love/Red Roses For Me/Rum,Sodomy & The Lash [Box set, Import]

Feb 2010

1. Transmetropolitan
2. The Battle Of Brisbane
3. The Auid Triangle
4. Waxie's Dargle
5. Boys From The County Hell
6. Sea Shanty
7. Dark Streets Of London
8. Streams Of Whiskey
9. Poor Daddy
10. dingle Regatta
11. Greenland Whale Fisheries
12. Down In The Ground Where The Dead Men Go
13. Kitty
14. The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn
15. The Old Main Drag
16. Wild Cats Of Kilkenny
17. I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
18. A Pair Of Brown Eyes
19. Sally Maclennane
20. A Pistol For Paddy Garcia
21. Dirty Old Town
22. Jesse James Navigator
23. Navigator
24. Billy's Bone
25. The Gentelman Soldier
26. The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
27. If I Should Fall From Grace With God
28. Turkish Song Of The Damned
29. Bottle Of Smoke
30. Fairytale Of New York
31. Metropolis
32. Thousands Are Saling
33. South Australia
34. Fiesta
35. Medley
36. Streets Of Sorrow / Birmingham Six
37. Lullaby Of Landon
38. The Battle March Medley
39. Sit Down By The Fire
40. The Broad Majestic Shannon
41. Worms
42. Gridlock
43. White City
44. Young Ned Of The Hill
45. Misty Morning, Albert Bridge
46. Cotton Fields
47. Blue Heaven
48. Down All The Days
49. USA
50. Lorelei
51. Gartloney Rats
52. Boat Train
53. Tombstone
54. Night Train To Lorca
55. London You're A Lady
56. The Sunnyside Of The Street
57. Sayonara
58. The Ghost Of A Smile
59. Hell's Ditch
60. Lorca's Novena
61. Summer In Siam
62. Rain Street
63. Rainbow Man
64. The Wake Of The Medusa
65. House Of The Gods
66. 5 Green Queens And Jean
67. Maidrin Rua
68. Six To Go