Lyrics - When I First Came To Town by Cave Nick

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Nick
Cave (
Inspired by the traditional song '
Katie
Cruel')(p)
Nick
Cave &
The
Bad
Seeds <
Nick
Cave: vocals, harmonica;
Mick
Harvey: rhythm guitar;
Blixa
Bargeld: guitar;
Conway
Savage: piano, other vocals;
Martyn
Casey: bass;
Thomas
Wydler: drums;
The
Bad
Seeds: backing vocals;
Mick
Harvey &
David
Blumberg: string arrangements;
Dennis
Karmazyn: cello;
Bruce
Dukov,
Barbara
Porter: violins > (
Henry's
Dream [
Mute, 1992] )--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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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