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 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 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