Rake At The Gates Of Hell Lyrics - Pogues

I'll be with them asleep or dreaming 

I'll be there when they wake up screaming 

At the hour of death I will nurse them 

To have a moment more to curse them 

Watch the maggots crawl out of them 

Hear the angels call above them 

Watch them as the cold air sucks them 

Down to hell, good night, good luck 

Then if any should escape above me 

Beg and cheat until they trust me 

Drag them down to be damned with me 

Laugh at them as they forgive me 

Mothers eyes are sparking diamonds 

Still the moon shows no likeness 

Roses wither, may God deliver the rake 

At the gates of hell tonight 

I wish that they could walk forever 

On the earth alone unfettered 

Until they pray for consummation 

Until they beg for sweat damnation 

Then I'll come and bring them water 

Bring them hope, bring them laughter 

Raise their hopes, both sad and sunken 

Slash them up as they lie there drunken 

Push them down into the fowl mud 

Until they choke up on their own blood 

Drag them out before their last breath 

To take away the mercy of death 

Mothers eyes are sparking diamonds 

Still the moon shows no likeness 

Roses wither, may God deliver the rake 

At the gates of hell tonight