Middle Finger - Dropkick Murphys

I keep my fist raised time full time against the world

Sometimes with the family and sometimes with a girl

Yeah, you think I’ve learned my lesson, I’m a man who’s been around

But I could never keep that middle finger down

Well, I’m still hanging on and I think fools

I broke a lotta hearts and I broke a lotta rules

Yet somehow I survived with a bit of dummy luck

But I could never keep that finger from sticking up

I could never keep, I could never keep

I could never keep my life from burning to the ground

You think I’ve learned my lesson, I’m a man who’s been around

But I could never keep that middle finger down

I’m a grudge-holding jerk who starts feuds with a wink

A sharp-tongued SOB who speaks the boring things

I’ve learned from my losses and I know when I’m wrong

Still, my life’s sadder than an old country song

I could never keep, I could never keep

I could never keep my life from burning to the ground

You think I’ve learned my lesson, I’m a man who’s been around

But I could never keep that middle finger down

So if you looked at my life, if you took a little peak

You’d say, «Good Lord, let it go, man, just turn the other cheek»

I don’t know how to let it go, I just don’t know how to behave

I was born with this affliction and I’ll take it to the grave

I could never keep, I could never keep

I could never keep my life from burning to the ground

You think I’ve learned my lesson, I’m a man who’s been around

But I could never keep that middle finger down

I could never keep (no), I could never keep (no)

I could never keep my life from burning to the ground

You think I’ve learned my lesson, I’m a man who’s been around

But I could never keep that middle finger down