From the recording American Rome
Lyrics and Music written and produced by Scott Callahan
Lyrics
Black coats walking through the rain
No one knows from where we came
Record kings upon their thrones
Selling dreams they never owned
They've got money, we've got pride
They've got armies, we've got fire
They've got contracts, we've got songs
And we've been coming all along
Raise your glass, boys, raise it high
One more battle, one more night
They can keep their silver crowns
We're here to burn their kingdom down
By order of the Syndicate
We don't bow, we don't break
Raise the flag, let the music play
We're taking their crown away
Oh-oh-oh, let the whiskey flow
Oh-oh-oh, let the whole world know
No more kings, no more chains
The Syndicate changes the game
Hey! Hey! Hey
Callahan! Clan
Hey! Hey! Hey
Syndicate
London whispers, New York calls
Our name is written on their walls
From Dublin streets to Hollywood
They'd stop us now if only they could
They bought the radio, bought the press
Turned their artists into debts
But you can't buy the people's song
And you can't stop what's coming on
Raise your glass, boys, raise it high
We were born to live, not hide
Let the old men fear our name
The music business ain't the same
By order of the Syndicate
We don't bow, we don't break
Raise the flag, let the music play
We're taking the crown away
Oh-oh-oh, let the whiskey flow
Oh-oh-oh, let the whole world know
No more kings, no more chains
The Syndicate changes the game
They said we'd never make it
They said we'd never last
But empires built on money
Always fear the ones with nothing to lose
And gentlemen
The music belongs to all of us
By order of the syndicate
We don't bow, we don't break
From the shadows to the stage
We're writing a brand new age
Oh-oh-oh, let the whiskey flow
Oh-oh-oh, let the whole world know
No more kings, no more chains
The Syndicate changes the game
They controlled the industry
Until the Syndicate arrived
By order of the Callahan Clan
