Yesterday's Rebel

All the nights pitch black, all the lights are out
 I am sittin' in a pub and havin' a stout
 The door opens up, my dad steps in
 He says, son, as you know, I'm not free from sin
 I was yesterday's rebel, ooh, oh
 I was yesterday's rebel
 I had to ring the death knell
 I was yesterday's rebel, ooh, oh
 I was yesterday's rebel
 Now I find myself in hell
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 When I was your age, I joined the IRA
 Hard times filled with cries of dismay
 I fought in the name of 40 shades of green
 A boy with a gun, that's what
 I was yesterday's rebel, ooh, oh
 I was yesterday's rebel
 I had to ring the death knell
 I was yesterday's rebel, ooh, oh
 I was yesterday's rebel
 Now I find myself in hell
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 At the age of 21, I shot a constable down
 We lived door by door in the same town
 I couldn't get over it, I felt dead inside
 For the promises of freedom, no more I will fight
 And now I want to save you as well
 I was yesterday's rebel, ooh, oh
 I was yesterday's rebel
 I had to ring the death knell
 I was yesterday's rebel, ooh, oh
 I was yesterday's rebel
 Now I find myself in hell
 I was yesterday's rebel, ooh, oh
 I was yesterday's rebel
 I had to ring the death knell
 I was yesterday's rebel, ooh, oh
 I was yesterday's rebel
 Now I find myself in hell