Living on the darkside, drinking cheap cyanide
spending my money before I get paid
doing my best to make ends meet
something to eat, something to drink
the backstreet filled with villinous laughter
running through life fast and faster
follow your team love `em so true
till saturday comes right back to you
We`re the boys out tonight
The week is wasted till the weekend comes
fighting for your team on the chicken run
concrete, metal, kicked and shoved
boy to man on sweat and blood
Bridge house drinking after the game
telling stories of how we fought for fame
Boys are out tonight
Living on the darkside, drinking cheap cyanide
spending my money before I get paid
doing my best to make ends meet
something to eat, something to drink
the backstreet filled with villinous laughter
running through life fast and faster
follow your team love `em so true
till saturday comes right back to you
We`re the boys out tonight
The week is wasted till the weekend comes
fighting for your team on the chicken run
concrete, metal, kicked and shoved
boy to man on sweat and blood
Bridge house drinking after the game
telling stories of how we fought for fame
The year was 1980 and Great Britain was then weathering a social and political maelstrom, that bridged the mid-seventies and eighties entire. It was a …