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
Whoa ahoa!
I was yesterday's rebel
I had to ring the death knell

I  was yesterday's rebel
Whoa ahoa!
I was yesterday's rebel
Now I find myself in hell

When I was your age
I joined the IRA

Hard times filled
With cries of dismay
I fought in the name
Of fourty shades of green

A boy with a gun
That's what...I was...
Yesterday's rebel
Whoa ahoa!
I was yesterday's rebel
I had to ring the death knell

I was yesterday's rebel
Whoa ahoa!
I was yesterday's rebel
Now I find myself in hell

At the age of twenty one
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
Yoooooooouuuuuu as weeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllllll....
I was yesterday's rebel
Whoa ahoa!

I was yesterday's rebel
I had to ring the death knell

I was yesterday's rebel
Whoa ahoa!

I was yesterday's rebel
Now I find myself in hell!

I was yesterday's rebel
Whoa ahoa!

I was yesterday's rebel
I had to ring the death knell!

I was yesterday's rebel
Whoa ahoa!

I was yesterday's rebel
Now I find myself in hell!