Seven Deadly Sins is the title of a Libertines song, officially released as a B-side for the 2003 single, Time for Heroes. Carl Barat sings the lead part of the song. In 2015, it was announced that a reworked version of the track would feature on The Libertines' third album, due to be released in September that year, as a deluxe edition bonus track. An early instrumental version of the song featured on the Legs XI demos, under the name 7 Deadly Frenchmen.
Seven Deadly Sins was one of the songs that Barat and Doherty sang together at the Hackney Empire reunion gig in April 2007, despite it never being a fan favourite at previous Libertines gigs.
In 2010, a DVD surfaced of The Libertines playing the song live at The 12 Bar Club, London in 2001
Anthems for Doomed Youth (Deluxe Edition Bonus Track) | The Libertines | Album | 2015-09-11 |
Horrorshow in London Town (Demo) | The Libertines | Session | Unknown |
AB brussels 2016 | The Libertines | Ancienne Belgique, Brussels | 2016-05-03 |
An Evening With Pete Doherty Pt.2 | The Libertines | Hackney Empire, London | 2007-04-12 |
Rhythm Factory | Peter Doherty | London (Whitechapel), UK | 2004-07-13 |
The Forum, 2003 | The Libertines | 2003-12-16 | |
12 Bar Club | The Libertines | London, UK | 2001-02-26 |
The seven deadly sins
We refine them all and thus
Well the degenerate kings, pushy beggars
Fallen ladies of letters and verse
Pride, lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath and envy
It's all in a hard days work for me
And I, I pay no mind
And I pay no mind
To a name that you will employ me
I despise all their kind
Job search and destroy me
Oh hand me my gun
My friend we'll have some fun
We'll shoot down the spies through the trees
And kick up the leaves
In the morning breeze
Pay no mind
And the old iron bells
Still ring in the old machine
And I’ll chain you to hell
Or poison your soul but it seems to rebel
It's obscene, you stay home and get lean
Live in your mind but don't live out your dreams
No oh no pay no mind