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Seen the carnival at rome
Had the women I had the booze
All I can remember now
Is little kids without no shoes
So I saw that train
And I got on it
With a heartful of hate
And a lust for vomit
Now I'm walking on the sunnyside of the street
Stepped over bodies in bombay
Tried to make it to the u.s.a.
Ended up in nepal
Up on the roof with nothing at all
And I knew that day
I was going to stay
Right where I am, on the sunnyside of the street
Been in a palace, been in a jail
I just don't want to be reborn a snail
Just want to spend eternity
Right where I am, on the sunnyside of the street
As my mother wept it was then I swore
To take my life as I would a whore
I know I'm better than before
I will not be reconstructed
Just wanna stay right here
On the sunnyside of the street
Had the women I had the booze
All I can remember now
Is little kids without no shoes
So I saw that train
And I got on it
With a heartful of hate
And a lust for vomit
Now I'm walking on the sunnyside of the street
Stepped over bodies in bombay
Tried to make it to the u.s.a.
Ended up in nepal
Up on the roof with nothing at all
And I knew that day
I was going to stay
Right where I am, on the sunnyside of the street
Been in a palace, been in a jail
I just don't want to be reborn a snail
Just want to spend eternity
Right where I am, on the sunnyside of the street
As my mother wept it was then I swore
To take my life as I would a whore
I know I'm better than before
I will not be reconstructed
Just wanna stay right here
On the sunnyside of the street
| Dav3thedog | Posted: Feb 02, 2013 - 18:32 LOVE The Pogues! |
| railroadwail (Deep in Penn's Woods) | Posted: Jan 02, 2013 - 10:21 I used to own all the Pogues records. The wife got them in the divorce. Sure do miss those records. |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Feb 21, 2012 - 20:58 Do we hear this elsewhere? NO Kudos go to Bill AND Rebecca ! You both rock |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 10:29 I really have a thing for the Pogues. . . a large hammer to destroy anything they have ever produced if I had my way. I have even seen them live - they played at a festival I was at and I endured at least 1/3rd of their set before I found the beer tent. More then horrible. |
| Det (Lower Saxony Germany) | Posted: May 13, 2011 - 11:42 me -I mean - this sounds kind of sexy |
| Foot | Posted: Jan 07, 2011 - 17:37 More Pogues any time... |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Nov 05, 2010 - 09:41 beeblebrocks40 wrote: This is a great song but you should play the Louis Armstrong or Dizzy Gillespie version. That jazz standard is a different song than this one. I guess you know that. |
| beeblebrocks40 | Posted: Oct 20, 2010 - 13:52 This is a great song but you should play the Louis Armstrong or Dizzy Gillespie version. |
| kcar | Posted: Jul 16, 2010 - 22:08 calypsus_1 wrote:
Exactly how is it that Shane hasn't terminally pickled his liver by now? |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Jul 03, 2010 - 23:07
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| prickelpit96 (Where the grass is green and the ball is round, meet me in the stand behind the goal.) | Posted: Jun 15, 2010 - 01:32 Rotterdam wrote: Mr. McGowan is... what he is. I love the contrasts in The Pogues music. They can do no wrong for me. Nothing to add, except one should see them live if possible. |
| Rotterdam | Posted: May 14, 2010 - 07:21 audiolizard wrote: Catchy music, horrible voice. Mr. McGowan is... what he is. I love the contrasts in The Pogues music. They can do no wrong for me. |
| Lizard62 (1290km N of Paradise) | Posted: Apr 28, 2010 - 09:43 Been in a palace, been in a jail / I just don't want to be reborn a snail... ![]() |
| ddbz (The Midwest) | Posted: Mar 11, 2010 - 21:58 yes, it is Polka -Punk but it is not very good... well good is a strong word? |
| psg (Ottawa) | Posted: Feb 08, 2010 - 09:06 mirland wrote: Oh believe me. It's very easy. penny whistles == fingernails on chalkboard |
| simme2 (Linkoping, Sweden) | Posted: Dec 23, 2009 - 08:12 Best band ever! Sir Shane MacGowan ![]() |
| audiolizard | Posted: Dec 07, 2009 - 13:45 Catchy music, horrible voice. |
| EssexTex (Gitche Gumee) | Posted: Nov 06, 2009 - 04:30 Phlegmaticman wrote: Is it Guinness time yet? Always |
| mirland (Denmark) | Posted: Jun 17, 2009 - 00:17 TexasAggies wrote: How can you not like this? Oh believe me. It's very easy. |
| Wethand (Anywhere but there) | Posted: May 16, 2009 - 06:08 Yeah, one of my favourie songs!! Great! |
| Caligula (Stockholm) | Posted: Apr 14, 2009 - 15:32 wally42 wrote: I do have to say, though I like this song there are many better Pogues songs. I agree |
| mongoose01ca (Terminal City, BC) | Posted: Apr 14, 2009 - 15:32 whtahtefcuk wrote: Pogues Rock! Fixed that for ya. Yer welcome! |
| toterola (Further) | Posted: Mar 29, 2009 - 20:05 whtahtefcuk wrote: Pogues Suck! Póg mo thóinín! |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Feb 26, 2009 - 07:33 Pogues Suck! |
| toterola (Somewhere between Shipping and Receiving) | Posted: Nov 23, 2008 - 12:34 Love me some Pogues! Erin go bragh! ![]() also This guy is on to something! |
| RAY_M_BOYLE | Posted: Nov 23, 2008 - 12:32 UP THE IRISH |
| sadsack (4 miles north east of Paradise, Gloucestershire) | Posted: Sep 21, 2008 - 08:08 sunny_day wrote: Rhetorical question? Until you answered. |
| Bleyfusz | Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 13:24 When my mother wept it was then I swore I would take my life like I would a whore - - can it get more goosebumping? Way underplayed: The Pogues. |
| sunny_day (East Coast) | Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 13:21 Phlegmaticman wrote: Is it Guinness time yet? Rhetorical question? |
| rtb (NE corner of Work and Boredom) | Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 13:21 islander wrote: Observation: Anywhere else this drunken sluring of a good song would be called karaoke. But Here it works. Long live the Pogues! Oh, by Shane's standards, this isn't drunken slurring at all!!! |
| Phlegmaticman (270 miles south of Paradise, CA) | Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 13:20 Is it Guinness time yet? |
| islander (Seattle) | Posted: Aug 04, 2008 - 21:43 Observation: Anywhere else this drunken sluring of a good song would be called karaoke. But Here it works. Long live the Pogues! |
| Misterfixit (Nashville) | Posted: Jun 18, 2008 - 14:50 I like this song, except for the usual Irish Pub voice, sort of growling, scratchy, beery, throaty sort of stuff. But then again, what would Irish music be without such? |
| TexasAggies (Houston, Texas y'all) | Posted: May 02, 2008 - 09:32 Wahoooooo! How can you not like this? Songs like this make life more interesting, IMO. Love it. |
| luty (BS, Germany) | Posted: Feb 29, 2008 - 09:14 wally42 wrote: I do have to say, though I like this song there are many better Pogues songs.
Definitely agree! |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: Feb 13, 2008 - 17:05 Love this. Hearing The Pogues sing 'The Sunny Side Of the Street' is possibly the single most incongruous activity one can perform. c. |
| Kristi (Athens, GA) | Posted: Dec 28, 2007 - 12:45 What a great song (especially on a gloomy, rainy day)! Thanks Bill!!!! |
| firerytrigon (East Anglia, UK) | Posted: Dec 28, 2007 - 12:41 Me too! |
| (former member) (Land of the Long White Cloud) | Posted: Nov 27, 2007 - 03:15 yup. always a sucker for the Pogues |
| joan_c | Posted: Sep 25, 2007 - 08:34 I love The Pogues! |
| eastcoast | Posted: Aug 09, 2007 - 03:44 You're kidding right! rjb4 wrote: Like the Pogues, but for my money Flogging Molly is a better listen. |
| Lizard62 (1290km N of Paradise) | Posted: Jul 24, 2007 - 11:07 rjb4 wrote: Like the Pogues, but for my money Flogging Molly is a better listen.
SACRILEGE!! |
| rjb4 (Utah) | Posted: May 22, 2007 - 15:35 Like the Pogues, but for my money Flogging Molly is a better listen. |
| EchoTony (San Diego) | Posted: May 22, 2007 - 15:34 I don't know how many times I've thought, "I don't like the Pogues" and then I hear a song and say, hey that's pretty good, later to find its a Pogues tune.... I might have to re-think my dislike of the Pogues. |
| membeth | Posted: May 06, 2007 - 21:14 as much as i like this, im going to admit serious sacrilege. i like the Face to Face cover better. ![]() |
| fooGuy | Posted: Apr 05, 2007 - 07:37 More Pogues, Paradise, please! The drunker and rowdier the better! |
| gandalfbmg (Missouri) | Posted: Feb 25, 2007 - 20:59 Just heard this song on some SUV commercial... *sigh* |
| David_Price (Salinas, CA) | Posted: Feb 02, 2007 - 10:33 This song has the same melody as part of a a k.d. Lang song released in the late 80s, "I'm Down to my Last Cigarette." It's just done in a country style there. |
| wally42 (Between a Rock and a Hard Place) | Posted: Feb 02, 2007 - 10:15 fredriley wrote: Pòg mo thòn! :o)
Back at ya!!! Pougues Rule. They so many much better songs. Not to say I do not like this one. Play More |
| slowhand (South!!!!!!!!!!) | Posted: Dec 20, 2006 - 16:37 Two thumbs up and toes also! |





