Against Me Pints Of Guinness Make You Strong Lyrics

Pints Of Guinness Make You Strong Lyrics

evelyn sits by the elevator doors 

it's been 37 years since james dies on st. patrick's day in 1964 

but she could not hold it against him 

there were times when there was nothing she could do

but lie in bed all day beside a picture of them together 

a picture of better days 



and just like james, i'll be drinking irish tonight 

and the memory of his last work week wil be gone forever 

evelyn i'm not coming home tonight 

if we're never together 

if I'm never back again 

well I swear to god that I'll love you forever 

evelyn i'm not coming home tonight 

in all the years that went by she said she'd always love him 

and from the day that he died she never loved again 



in his wallet she kept in her nightstand an a.a. card and a lock of red hair


she kept secrets of pride locked so tight in her heart 

it killed a part of her before the rest was gone. 



she said, "if I would have known just how things would have ended up

I just would have let myself die."