[Verse]
The chasing girls was easy and drinking been was fun,
He went out one day and bought himself a gun,
He shot a couple of coppers and joined the IRA,
And the papers called him 'Paddy Public Enemy No. 1.'

[Chorus]
The Coppers in the north they couldn't catch him,
The British Army they just couldn't touch him,
He shot a couple of coppers and he joined the IRA,
And the papers called him 'Paddy Public Enemy No. 1.'

[Verse]
One day the knock came at my door and they hauled him away,
The IRA they kicked him out while he was still in jail,
When he got outta jail he shouted up the IRA,
And the papers called him 'Paddy Public Enemy No. 1.'

[Chorus]
The Coppers in the north they couldn't catch him,
The British Army they just couldn't touch him,
When he got outta jail he shouted up the IRA,
And the papers called him 'Paddy Public Enemy No. 1.'

[Verse]
The factions all were fighting in their deadly power game,
He said, "fuck them all," and left the INLA,
Wherever there was trouble, there was Paddy and his gun,
And the papers called him 'Paddy Public Enemy No. 1.'

[Chorus]
The Coppers in the north they couldn't catch him, (Catch Him!)
The British Army they just couldn't touch him, (Touch Him!)
Wherever there was trouble, there was Paddy and his gun,
And the papers called him 'Paddy Public Enemy No. 1.'

[Verse]
One day he tired of it all and hung away his gun,
When he hung away his gun he became the hunted one,
He went into a phone box to make a local call,
They shot him in the phonebox splashing blood upon the wall.

[Chorus]
The Coppers in the north they couldn't catch him, (Catch Him!)
The British Army they just couldn't touch him, (Touch Him!)
When he hung away his gun he became the hunted one,
And that was the end of 'Paddy Public Enemy No. 1.'
And that was the end of 'Paddy Public Enemy No. 1.'
And that was the end of 'Paddy Public Enemy No. 1.'.