Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song When I First Came To Town, artist - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. Date of issue: 28.03.2010
Song language: English
When I First Came To Town |
| When I first came to town |
| All the people gathered round |
| They bought me drinks |
| 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 round a friend |
| O 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 |
| O 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 favours 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 |
| Why the people of this town |
| Have washed their hands of me |
| O sweet Jesus |
| There is no turning back |
| There is always one more town |
| A little further down the track |
| O lord, every god-damn turn I take |
| I fear the noose, I fear the stake |
| For there is no bone |
| They did not break |
| In all the towns I’ve been before |
| Well those that sin against me are snuffed out |
| I know from every day that I live |
| God-damn the day that I was born |
| The night that forced me from the womb |
| And god-damn 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 |
| O sweet Jesus |
| This really is the end |
| There is always one more town |
| A little further round the end |