When I First Came To Town
Nick Cave & The Bad Seed

When I first came to town

All the people gathered 'round

They bought me drinks

Oh, Lord, how quickly they changed their tune

When I first came to town

People took me 'round from end to end

Like someone may take 'round 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's 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

'Cause 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's 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

God-damn the day that I was born

And 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's always one more town

A little further 'round the end


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