Dexys Midnight Runners — Burn It Down

For God's sake, burn it down I'll only ask you once more You only want to believe This man is looking for someone to hold him down He doesn't quite ever understand the meaning I never heard about Oscar Wilde I don't talk about Brendan Behan I don't think about Sean O'Casey I don't care about George Bernard Shaw He doesn't care about Samuel Beckett He won't talk about Eugene O'Neill Edna O'Brien and Lawrence Stern Shut it! You don't understand it Shut it! That's not the way I planned it Shut it! Shut your mouth 'til you know the truth I'll only ask you once more It must be so hard to see This man is waiting for someone to hold him down He doesn't quite fully understand the meaning Shut it You don't understand it Shut it That's not the way I planned it Shut your fucking mouth 'til you know the truth Oscar Wilde and Brendan Behan Sean O'Casey, George Bernard Shaw Samuel Beckett, Eugene O'Neill Edna O'Brien and Lawrence Stern Sean Kavanaugh and Sean McCann Benedict Keilly, Jimmy Hiney Frank O'Connor and Catherine Rhine