Paddy Public Enemy No. 1

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Now chasing girls was easy and drinking beer was fun But he went out one day and bought himself a gun He shot a couple of coppers and he joined the IRA And the papers called him paddy public enemy number one [Chorus] The coppers in the north, they couldn't catch him The British army, they just couldn't touch him He shot a couple of coppers and he joined the IRA And the papers called him paddy public enemy number one [Verse 2] One day the knock came at the door, they hauled him away The IRA, they kicked him out when he was still in jail When he got outta jail, he shouted up the IRA And the papers called him paddy public enemy number one [Chorus] The coppers in the north, they couldn't catch him The British army, they just couldn't touch him When he got out of jail, he shouted up the IRA And the papers called him paddy public enemy number one [Verse 3] The factions all were fighting in their deadly power game He said fuck them all and left the INLA Wherever there was trouble, there was Paddy and his gun And the papers called him paddy public enemy number one [Chorus] The coppers in the north, they couldn't catch him The British army, they just couldn't touch him When he got out of jail, he shouted up the IRA And the papers called him paddy public enemy number one [Verse 4] One day he tired of it all and hung away his gun But when he hung away his gun, he became the hunted one He went into a phone box to make a local call They shot him in the phone box, splashing blood upon the wall [Chorus] The coppers in the north, they couldn't catch him The British army, they just couldn't touch him But when he hung away his gun, he became the hunted one And that was the end of paddy public enemy number one And that was the end of paddy public enemy number one And that was the end of paddy public enemy number one And that was the end of paddy public enemy number one