bad luck just weaves through the city but it s keeping away from us we move at a crawl through the traffic and water street is humming along with me and cecilia singing and banging on the dashboard in time we sing the words on her father s gravestone and he s there in the humid light singing don t let the bastards grind you down good luck s in town for the weekend so we stumble around until dawn daylight just melts through the narrows and those morning birds are humming along with me and cecilia singing and stamping on the asphalt to prove we are the children of strength and of vigor we were born in the morning blue singing don t let the bastards grind you down when you re all jesus murphy and ave maria and send me the courage and let me be delivered cause there s devils among us there s devils living among us some have not got their teeth up and some are ashes and near dust and they re riding the freeways and they re locking their front door at dusk and they re raising their families and they re raising their fingers at us but this is a good town this here is a heavy ancient thing this is a new land this here is a thing they ll never see when they re all jesus murphy and ave maria and send me the courage and let me be delivered but don t let the bastards grind you down bad luck just weaves through the city but it s keeping away from us