Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Port Of Amsterdam, artist - David Bowie. Album song Bowie at the Beeb (The Best of the BBC Sessions 1968-1972), in the genre Иностранный рок
Date of issue: 24.09.2000
Record label: Parlophone
Song language: English
Port Of Amsterdam |
In the port of amsterdam |
Theres a sailor who sings |
Of the dreams that he brings |
From the wide open sea |
In the port of amsterdam |
Theres a sailor who sleeps |
While the river bank weeps |
To the old willow tree |
In the port of amsterdam |
Theres a sailor who dies |
Full of beer, full of cries |
In a drunken town fight |
In the port of amsterdam |
Theres a sailor whos born |
On a hot muggy morn |
By the dawns early light |
In the port of amsterdam |
Where the sailors all meet |
Theres a sailor who eats |
Only fish heads and tails |
And hell show you his teeth |
That have rotted too soon |
That can haul up the sails |
That can swallow the moon |
And he yells to the cook |
With his arms open wide |
«hey, bring me more fish |
Throw it down by my side» |
And he wants so to belch |
But hes too full to try |
So he stands up and laughs |
And he zips up his fly |
In the port of amsterdam |
You can see sailors dance |
Paunches bursting their pants |
Grinding women to porch |
Theyve forgotten the tune |
That their whiskey voice croaked |
Splitting the night |
With the roar of their jokes |
And they turn and they dance |
And they laugh and they lust |
Till the rancid sound of the accordion bursts |
And then out of the night |
With their pride in their pants |
And the sluts that they tow |
Underneath the street lamps |
In the port of amsterdam |
Theres a sailor who drinks |
And he drinks and he drinks |
And he drinks once again |
Hell drink to the health |
Of the whores of amsterdam |
Whove given their bodies |
To a thousand other men |
Yeah, theyve bargained their virtue |
Their goodness all gone |
For a few dirty coins |
Well he just cant go on Throws his nose to the sky |
And he aims it up above |
And he pisses like I cry |
On the unfaithful love |
In the port of amsterdam |
In the port of amsterdam |