מילים לשיר When I First Came To Town – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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 There is no turning back
O sweet Jesus
There is always one more town
A little further down the track O lord, every godI fear the noose, I fear the stake
They did not break
For there is no bone
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
GodThe night that forced me from the womb
And godFor 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
There is always one more town
This really is the end
A little further round the end ---.