Whiskey In the Jar

We were number one ten years ago today

Cashbox and Billboard said we were on our way

The very first song we sang sold a million strong

Now we can't figure out what the hell went wrong

We lost our girls when the song hit ten

We sat around broke remembering when

Life was easy, so much fun

It's a long way down

From number one

We sang "Michael, row the boat across the land"

And nobody ever heard of a rock and roll band

Now we loved the girls, and they just adored their screams

But our heads were filled with lollipops and dreams

But we never made it back again

The group has come to the usual end

Life was easy, so much fun

It's a long way down

From number one

So I sent myself to school to study long

And then "Cotton Fields" had never seemed so fun

I cut my hair and I got myself a job

Now I worked all day, just remember all the love

I got a photograph from a magazine

A gold record hanging from a tambourine

Life was easy, so much fun

It's a long way down

It's a long way down

From number one