When I First Came to Town
Nick Cave
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When I first came to town All the people gathered round They bought me drinks Oh Lord, how they quickly changed their tune When I first came to town People took me round from end to end Like someone may take around a friend Oh how quickly they changed their tune Suspicion and dark murmurs surround me Everywhere I go they confound me As though the blood on my hands Is there for every citizen to see Oh sweet Jesus There is no turning back There is always one more town A little further down the track And from my window, across the tracks I watch the juicers burn their fires And in that light Their faces leer at me How I wish they'd just let me be When I first came to town Their favors were for free Now even the doors of the whores of this town Are closed to me I search the mirror And I try to see I search the mirror And I try to see Why the people of this town Have washed their hands of me Oh sweet Jesus There is no turning back There is always one more town A little further down the track Oh lord, every goddamn turn I take I fear the noose, and I fear the stake For there ain't a bone They did not break In all the towns I've been before Well those that sin against me are snuffed out I know that from every day that I live Goddamn the day that I was born The night that forced me from the womb And goddamn this town For I am leaving now But one day I will return And the people of this town will surely see Just how quickly the tables turn Oh sweet Jesus This really is the end There is always one more town A little further round the bend
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