The Boys Are Back in Town
Guess who just got back today?
 Them wild-eyed boys that had been away
 Haven’t changed, haven’t much to say
 But man, I still think them cats are crazy
They were asking if you were around
 How you was, where you could be found
 Told them you were living downtown
 Driving all the old men crazy
The boys are back in town
 The boys are back in town
 I said
 The boys are back in town
 The boys are back in town
 The boys are back in town
 The boys are back in town
 The boys are back in town
 The boys are back in town
You know that chick that used to dance a lot
 Every night she’d be on the floor shaking what she’d got
 Man when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot
 I mean she was steaming
And that time over at Johnny’s place
 Well this chick got up and she slapped Johnny’s face
 Man we just fell about the place
 If that chick don’t want to know, forget her
The boys are back in town
 The boys are back in town
 I said
 The boys are back in town
 The boys are back in town
 The boys are back in town
 The boys are back in town
 The boys are back in town
 The boys are back in town
Spread the word around
 Guess who’s back in town
You spread the word around
Friday night they’ll be dressed to kill
 Down at Dino’s bar and grill
 The drink will flow and blood will spill
 And if the boys want to fight, you’d better let them
That jukebox in the corner blasting out my favourite song
 The nights are getting warmer, it won’t be long
 Won’t be long till summer comes
 Now that the boys are here again
The boys are back in town
 The boys are back in town
 The boys are back in town
 The boys are back in town
 The boys are back in town
 The boys are back in town
 Spread the word around
 The boys are back in town
 The boys are back in town
 The boy’s are back, the boys are back
The boy’s are back in town again
 Been hangin’ down at Dino’s
 The boy’s are back in town again
Song Notes
“The Boys Are Back in Town” is a song by Thin Lizzy appearing on their 1976 album Jailbreak. Ash have played it live several times over the years. Ash have played the track live with Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson on a couple occasions, notably at the Oxegen music festival in Ireland and at the Islington Academy, both in 2004. Ash played the track regularly as part of the supergroup W.A.S.H, which featured Ash and We Are Scientists performing a set of covers on their 2015 co-headlining tours of Europe and Australia.