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


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