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SINGER: Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
SONG: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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