Tell me 'bout my brothers Show me where they've gone Tell me how the lovers All turned fighters one by one Talk to me of lawyers And Marches by the poor Tell me all 'bout Johnny Who went marching off to war
Stoney days rainy night Mister is the coast still clear I miss the malls and the neon lights And I miss that oly beer Holy Moses, holey shoes Is that all they got for me My tattoo says "born to lose"
And my mama saw it on the tv Stoney days We all burned out papers And we all raised our fists But they got us sooner or later Stuck us right in the middle of this
There's a band out playin' Some marching song Supposed to get me on my feet As the caissons still go rollin' along Rollin' over everyone they meet Stoney days
And I wish somebody'd tell me: What are we here for I wish somebody'd sell me Some idea worth dyin' for Stoney days, rainy nights