Paroles de When i first came to town

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