Rose, she ain't like the others   she spins a dervish mother   her bright brown hair and her acorn eyes   she gets me there when she hypnotises   but Brixton leaves me alone      Another drunken evening   Red wine you're so deceiving   Her photograph is my only friend   this one wild year just won't seem to end   and Brixton leaves me alone      But the sun will rise once more,   well it better   the sun will rise once more   if we let her   but Brixton leaves me alone      Just one more night in london   Home is a distant drumlin   with its 'no retreat' and 'our time has come'   well, curse those fifes and damn those drums   Belfast leaves me alone      But the sun will rise once more,   well it better   the sun will rise once more   if we let her   but Brixton leaves me alone