Στις 26 Μαρτίου του 1976, οι Thin Lizzy, κυκλοφόρησαν τον έκτο δίσκο τους Jailbreak, που έμελε να τους βάλει για τα καλά στην Αμερική...
Με τραγούδια σαν "Jailbreak" "The Boys Are Back In Town" "Running Back"(κομμένο και ραμμένο για την αγορά των ΗΠΑ) και "Emerald" δεν ήθελε και πολύ...
Αξιοσημείωτο για την ιστορία του δίσκου, είναι η επιλογή των πλήκτρων στο Running Back -που έγινε για τον λόγο που αναφέρω παραπάνω- έφερε μια δυσαρέσκεια στον - έναν απο τους δυο- κιθαρίστα του συγκροτήματος (Robertson) για την "απομπλουζικοποίηση" του τραγουδιού... Ήταν τόση η αντιπαράθεση του, που στην τελική κόπια του τραγουδιού, ο Robertson δεν συμμετείχε, φρόντισε όμως να βάλει την γνήσια εκδοχή του τραγουδιού στον προσωπικό του δίσκο χρόνια αργότερα...(Diamonds and dirt)
Το track list είναι το εξής:
1. Jailbreak
2. Angel From The Coast
3. Running Back
4. Romeo And The Lonely Girl
5. Warriors
6. The Boys Are Back In Town
7. Fight Or Fall
8. Cowboy Song
9. Emerald
Μακράν αγαπημένο είναι το ΕΠΙΚΟ "Emerald" όπου οι Phil Lynott -φωνή, μπάσο- Scott Gorham -κιθάρα φωνή- Brian Robertson -κιθάρα φωνή- και Brian Downey-τύμπανα- ... πραγματικά τα σπάνε....
Για τους μη-μυημένους τους προτείνω το γλυκανάλατο "Romeo and the lonely girl"
οι υπόλοιποι...
n'joy
Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak
Somewhere in this town
See me and the boys we don't like it
So were getting up and going down
Hiding low looking right to left
If you see us coming I think it's best
To move away do you hear what I say
From under my breath
Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak
Somewhere in the town
Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak
So don't you be around
Don't you be around
Tonight there's gonna be trouble
Some of us won't survive
See the boys and me mean business
Bustin' out dead or alive
I can hear the hound dogs on my trail
All hell breaks loose, alarm and sirens wail
Like the game if you lose
Go to jail
Tonight there's gonna trouble
I'm gonna find myself in
Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak
So woman stay with a friend
You know it's safer
Breakout!
Tonight there's gonna be a breakout
Into the city zones
Don't you dare to try and stop us
No one could for long
Searchlight on my trail
Tonight's the night all systems fail
Hey you good lookin' female
Come here!
Romeo and the lonely girl
They seemed to hit it off
Till Romeo told the lonely girl
"I must take my leave, my love"
It was these few words I overheard
And thought, "I should move in"
But before I could
The lonely girl had fallen in love again
Oh poor Romeo
Sitting out on his own-ee-o
Oh poor Romeo
Romeo he had it rough
The guy you'd like to burn
But everything that Romeo had
You can bet it was well earned
For all his good looks there were scars that he took
And a lesson to be learned
Never judge lovers by a good looking covers
The story might be spurned
Oh poor Romeo
Sitting out on his own-ee-o
Oh poor Romeo
Romeo he like to put it around
He was everybody's friend
But in the end even Romeo found
On no one could he depend
For all his charms in someone else's arms
Lonely girl safely lay
When the train pulled in it had to leave again
And Romeo pulled away
Oh poor Romeo
Sitting all on his own-ee-o
Oh poor Romeo
Guess who just got back today?
Those wild-eyed boys that had been away
Haven't changed, haven't much to say
But man, I still think those cats are great
They were asking if you were around
How you was, where you could be found
I told them you were living downtown
Driving all the old men crazy
The boys are back in town
You know the 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
That night 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
Friday night they'll be dressed to kill
Down at Dino's bar and grill
The drink will flow and blood will spill
If the boys want to fight, you'd better let them
That jukebox in the corner blasting out my favorite song
The nights are getting warmer, it won't be long
It won't be long till summer comes
Now that the boys are here again
The boys are back in town
Down from the glen came the marching men
With their shields and their swords
To fight the fight they believed to be right
Overthrow the overlords
To the town where there was plenty
They brought plunder, swords and flame
When they left the town was empty
Children would never play again
From their graves I heard the fallen
Above the battle cry
By that bridge near the border
There were many more to die
Then onward over the mountain
And outward towards the sea
They had come to claim the Emerald
Without it they could not leave
