Salem Mass Lyrics

The Commonwealth called us up one Halloween

So me and ol' Tommy-gun fled to the scene

Of a crime left unsolved, for the devil's involved

And the bad girls of Salem took blame for it all

We paid up our tributes to Mikey McKeogh

A fella like Atlas, a belly of booze

We burned us a fifty of green B.C. trees

A real forest fire on top of the eaves

Of Boston town, we heard the sound

Of harbor bells a-ringing

All the men down there were singing

I'm going to hell

So stab my back and wish me well

Before the reaping's come to pass

I'll be saying a prayer at Salem mass

We hopped on a train pulling north from the station

To find us the witches we knew would be waiting

We sat ourselves down next to Ketchup and Mustard

A-stirring the cauldron, those two Southie fuckers

We stepped off the platform and into the maelstrom

The belfry bats were winging

All the ghouls out there were singing

I'm going to hell

So stab my back and wish me well

Before the reaping's come to pass

I'll be saying a prayer at Salem mass

The mass was in session, a ghoulish procession

Of spectres all seeking salvation in heaven

The masks that they wore and the oaths that they swore

The bonds that they broke, just as quickly reforged

The brimstone that fell for their sins, what the hell

All the beasts, they were repenting

Trying to crash the gates of heaven

I'm going to hell

So stab my back and wish me well

Before the reaping's come to pass

I'll be saying a prayer at Salem mass

We sat ourselves down at the Burying Point

'Til the cops came along, kicked us out of the joint

Fed us to the mob that was stalking the street

Without ever knowing that under their feet

Were the very same stones that were unjustly thrown

They were crushing the accused

You could hear the women's blues

They have used me

Set torch to me

For I will not bow my head

To any man

In this new land

'Til the day they find me

Dead on the streets of Salem, Mass

Dead on the streets of Salem, Mass

Dead on the streets of Salem, Mass

I'll be dead on the streets of Salem, Mass