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Damned If You Don't

by Forge Hounds

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“DAMNED IF YOU DON'T” is an upbeat, guitar driven composition, packing a great punch, and a melodic chorus that is hard to ignore. It is a song about survival, and how we try to navigate the peaks and troughs, of the society we live in.

Since its release, it has been received positively by the international rock community, gaining great reviews and airplay in Ireland, U.S.A, Canada, Australia, UK, New Zealand, Norway, Croatia, Italy, Brazil, and Finland to name a few. In fact, “Damned If You Don’t” has also gained Top 10 positions in the Independent Music Charts of these territories, and at the time of writing, is at Number 5 in the Underground Music Charts Top 200, in the United States, and Number 12 in the BWRN Independent Radio Network World Wide Charts.

“DAMNED IF YOU DON’T” was recorded and engineered by Brendan Carthy of Orchard Studios, Enniscorthy, Mixed and Mastered by Frankie McClay, of Einstein Studios, Antrim, with the supporting video shot at Electric Avenue in Waterford by Colin Shanahan, of Digicol Photography and Media Productions.

lyrics

LYRICS

Sun up to sundown
He makes his way across this town
Cop car seat cut a hole in his back
He’s prison bound
His three boys their little sister
So hard to feed
When you’re locked up mister
He swung low, swung hard
Didn’t see the police car
They waited ‘til he ran
'Cause you know they always get their man
When he looks different or born poor
Doesn’t matter if they’re not sure
There’s nothing you can do
When those in power, decide what’s true

You’re damned if you do,
You’re damned if you don’t
Bend over take it like a man

You’re damned if you do
You’re damned if you don’t
Feed your family the best way you can

Life is a game some are born to lose
While others can do what they choose

You’re damned if you do
You’re damned if you don’t

Damned if you don’t

I could tell you a million stories
About the ones that got left behind
Wave a flag, sing of past glories
Satisfy bigots and narrow minds
Some people here put Church State and Profit
Before those in need who don’t believe
In the same old Bronze Age stories
Talking snakes or wanton greed

You’re damned if you do,
You’re damned if you don’t
Bend over take it like a man

You’re damned if you do
You’re damned if you don’t
Feed your family the best way you can

Life is a game some are born to lose
While others can do what they choose

You’re damned if you do
You’re damned if you don’t
Damned if you don’t

You’re damned

It’s hard to reason when all you got are stones
And they come at you with tanks and guns
Hard to reason when you live in the gutter
And those you follow swim in gold like water
Gold like water.

Like a lamb to the slaughter
You’re a lamb to the slaughter

You’re damned if you do
You’re damned if you don’t

You’re damned

credits

released December 2, 2022
Paul J Bolger, Michael Wall, Stephen Roche, Andrew Kavanagh

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Forge Hounds Waterford, Ireland

Forge Hounds are an exciting Irish Hard Rock project that draws on influences from the likes of ZZ Top, Bad Company, Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy and Hanoi Rocks to deliver a BIG sound driven by lean and mean guitar riffs, compelling dual vocals and a pumping rhythm section.

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“Forge Hounds. It does what it says on the tin- no nonsense, hard rocking good times !!”
Barry Devlin, HORSLIPS ... more

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