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The 10 best tweets from an account that only tweets lyrics to Thin Lizzy’s ‘The Boys Are Back in Town’

Guess who's back in town?

 

Jaya Saxena

Internet Culture

Posted on Aug 7, 2016   Updated on May 26, 2021, 7:46 am CDT

If there’s one criticism we have against Twitter, is that there’s not enough Thin Lizzy. One Twitter account is trying to remedy that by tweeting all the lyrics to “The Boys Are Back In Town” on repeat.

The InTownAgain account has been going since July, giving equal and careful attention to every word and moment in the song, even the killer guitar solos. In fact, the account highlights how many incredible Thin Lizzy lyrics there are just in this one song! Here are our top 10.

10) 

Right from the beginning, Thin Lizzy knows how to build suspense. Who is back in town? Is it the titular boys? Better keep listening to find out.

9)  

Sick, man.

8) 

https://twitter.com/intownagain/status/762172107262484480

Thin Lizzy is always topical.

7) 

Let’s face it, Johnny probably deserved it. Good for this chick.

6) 

Yup, who can’t relate to the boys, driving all those men crazy? Those boys. Nuts!

5) 

These boys is DARK.

4) 

Can we just hang out with this chick? She sounds awesome.

3) 

Yeahhhhhhhh.

2) 

HAHA BOYS WILL BE BOYS.

1) 

Epic.

Working theory: this song is about spicy boys

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*First Published: Aug 7, 2016, 12:11 pm CDT