Story Behind The Song

Written based upon my experiences playing in an Irish-Folk band (Pogues Style). About young people hoping to meet somebody on a night out but drinking way too much and going home alone.

Song Description

The song starts by painting a picture of city night life with images of excessive drinking, hen and bachelor parties, fights and drunks. Then the chorus associates these images with loneliness and going home alone at the end of the evening. The final verse sets the scene of an Irish Music Pub where the audience stay all night long and never go home alone because they never go home. It's a song that questions the morality of pub night life culture and the reasons behind the actions of heavy drinkers namely loneliness.

Lyrics

Landlords are ringing for time
Punters are standing in line
Taxi ranks gather a queue
Drunks and the bruised and the few

Streets are a playground of fights
With Bachelor/ Hen party nights
Some getting out while they could
All drinking more than they should

And we all go home
Wishing we'd had something more
Yes we all go home
Feeling much worse than before
'cause go home alone
Yes we all go home alone

Trainers are switching to shoes
Slot machines refuse to lose
Kebab shops open their doors
Someone throws up on the floor

Blue flashing lights never cease
Nobody wants the police
Homeless sit down for the show
They know by now how it goes

Nothing has changed here at all
Nobody cares for the law
Each generation's the same
They're all just playing the game

At 'Mulligans' it's just begun
'Athen Rye' yet to be sung
'Wilde Green' are glad to be back
Everyone's up for the craic

And we wont go home
Wishing we'd had something more
No we wont go home
Feeling much worse than before
And we wont go home alone
'cause we wont go home at all