Fireman

Info

Fireman is the name of a Babyshambles song which was first recorded as part of the "Doghouse Sessions"; demo tracks for the band's second album, Shotter's Nation. Despite this, it didn't see an official release on Shotter's Nation and was later introduced as a potential track for Babyshambles' third album during a secret show at the Proud Gallery, Camden, on November 5, 2009. Doherty introduced the song as, "About a junkie in Portugal – the only country England have never been at war with. Unless you count Australia".

From Drew's blog: "Next up we tackled Fireman, a new bonehead-basic Punk song about a certain trip Jim and Stookie took to Portugal... "

Fireman was officially released on Babyshambles' 3rd album, Sequel to the Prequel in 2013.

Appearing on

Sequel To The Prequel Demos	Babyshambles	Fan mixtape	2013-09-06
Sequel to the Prequel	Babyshambles	Album	2013-09-03
Live Me Do - French Inter Radio	Babyshambles	Session	2013-08-31

Concerts

Rock Werchter	Babyshambles		2014-07-06
Best Kept Secret Festival	Babyshambles	Beekse Bergen, Hilvarenbeek NL	2014-06-21
Rock Am Ring	Babyshambles	Nürburg	2014-06-08
Capitol, Hannover	Babyshambles	Capitol, Hannover Germany	2014-03-12
Roundhouse, Camden (not in the recording)	Babyshambles	Camden Roundhouse, London	2014-03-10
Le Krakatoa, Merignac, Bordeaux	Babyshambles	Le Krakatoa, Bordeaux	2014-02-14
Docks, Hamburg	Babyshambles	Hamburg, Germany	2014-01-29
Huxleys Neue Welt	Babyshambles	Berlin, Germany	2014-01-28
Ancienne Belgique, Brussels	Babyshambles	Brussels Belgium	2014-01-16
Paradiso, Amsterdam	Babyshambles	Paradiso, Amsterdam	2014-01-15
Live in St.Petersburg	Babyshambles	Club A2	2013-11-10
Le Zenith, Paris	Babyshambles	Le Zenith, Paris	2013-10-03
Glasgow Barrowlands	Babyshambles	Glasgow, Scotland	2013-09-04
Live in Nancy	Babyshambles	Nancy, France	2013-07-19
Festival Soirs d'Été	Babyshambles	Paris, France	2013-07-08

Lyrics

Down in the mane orange
With the pimps and the peddlers
Looking like Colombo
Feeling like Holmes The Meddler

It's breakfast time
Have a pot of wine
Sucking on a bone
Chewing on a microphone

I am a fireman
I live in a Lisbon bus shelter
I am The Fireman
Satan's little helper

All the brits abroad
Looking for an easy score
Talk about North Korea
And think about your career

I am a fireman
I live in a Lisbon bus shelter
I am The Fireman
Says I am a fireman
I am a fireman
At the fireman's convention
In Buenos Aires
Says I am a fireman
Fireman