Raise Your Pints Tonight

Verse 1

Boots hit floor, door swings wide

Friday night, the lads inside

Smoke and noise and battered bar

Jukebox screaming loud guitars

Work week’s done, the grind is dead

Now it’s ale and crusty bread

Laughs explode from table three

This is where we’re meant to be

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Chorus

Raise your pints tonight, boys — hey!

Let the whole damn town hear us say

We don’t bow, we don’t pretend

Pub’s our church, the bar’s our friend

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Verse 2

Scars and stories, knuckles worn

Every dent a badge we’ve worn

Boots are lined along the rail

Voices rough and faces pale

Someone sings, we all join in

Off-key loud and full of grin

Strangers now but not for long

One more round and all sing strong

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Chorus

Raise your pints tonight, boys — hey!

Let the whole damn town hear us say

We don’t bow, we don’t pretend

Pub’s our church, the bar’s our friend

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Bridge (Gang Shout Style)

Oi! — To the lads beside you

Oi! — To the nights that bind you

Oi! — To the work we survive

Oi! — To feeling alive

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Final Chorus

Raise your pints tonight, boys — hey!

Let the whole damn town hear us say

We don’t bow, we don’t pretend

Pub’s our church, the bar’s our friend

Raise your pints tonight, boys — hey!

Sing it louder, don’t fade away

No suits, no ties, no plastic smiles

Just working hearts and barroom trials