Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song A Girl In Port, artist - Okkervil River. Date of issue: 06.08.2007
Song language: English
A Girl In Port |
| Let fall your soft and swaying skirt |
| Let fall your shoes, let fall your shirt |
| I’m not the ladykilling sort |
| Enough to hurt a girl in port |
| Marie’s gone blonde and lost a stone |
| She lay on her lawn, spun and alone |
| And, when the morning sun it rose |
| Upon Marie in her lacy clothes |
| It lit her up, and she walked around |
| The winding streets of Camden Town |
| She don’t know who she wants to be |
| And if I knew, I’d tell Marie |
| Let fall your soft and swaying skirt |
| Let fall your shoes, let fall your shirt |
| I’m not the ladykilling sort |
| Enough to hurt a girl in port |
| Cindy tells me she’s had fun |
| Sitting backstage, someone’s plus one |
| Up in her room the records spin |
| Needle in the grooves that she’s worn thin |
| She lifts a sleeve and she sees a name |
| And she’s got a smile on her face |
| And she’s got a story you can’t see |
| It’s just between that name and Cindy |
| And before Holly made her way |
| Over the sea and far away |
| She’s telling me, inside her car |
| Driving us back from the Crystal Corner bar |
| «I lost it there, I fell from health |
| Cut some fresh pieces from myself.» |
| And then, for a second, something in me |
| Said, «Leave today. |
| It’s time, Holly.» |
| Well, I’m a weak and lonely sort |
| Though I’m not sailing just for sport |
| I’ve come to feel, out on the sea |
| These urgent lives press against me |
| I’m just a guest. |
| I’m not a part |
| With my tender head, with my easy heart |
| These several years out on the sea |
| Have made me empty, cold, and clear. |
| Pour yourself into me |
| Let fall your soft and swaying skirt |
| Let fall your shoes, let fall your shirt |
| I’m not the ladykilling sort |
| Enough to hurt a girl in port |