Pound Pound Pound Lyrics - John Wesley Harding

I was standing on a corner kicking my heels 

Had my coat buttoned up beneath my chin 

And I saw in some girl's eyes, she thought I was making deals 

There was just me and the clock struck out 

I was looking for something to scream and shout about 

So I took a train and I went back home 

There was no one to tell so I didn't telephone 

That place is just another big unknown to me 

That place is just another big unknown to me 

The sea made angry faces, the waves were getting high 

Saw them kicking down onto the front 

And the cars dodged the water that was flooding on by 

And I just stood there, an orphan fool 

I saw kids smoking chain on their way back from school 

A tramp got reckless in the center of town 

He was talking about Jesus as the sun went down 

A lifetime of sorrows, he was ready to drown 

A lifetime of sorrows, I think he was going to drown 

Well, I hit this bar where I used to hang out 

Talked to the guy behind the bar, then dropped a few names 

He didn't know what I was talking about 

So I put my money down and I shot some pool 

Beat two punks, I was feeling cool 

A couple of girls started to flirt 

And I felt really old as they tugged my shirt 

And I walked outside as they hurled some dirt at me 

I walked outside as they hurled dirt at me 

Went to visit Helen by St. Helen's Park 

That place use to frighten me, now all I can see 

Was a couple of wide-boy sharks 

Flashing their teeth in the small-town dark 

Huddled myself in the cold 

That old red brick house I can find it blindfolded 

I loved her when I was sixteen 

She was an old town new brown beauty queen 

Now I just spend my time filling the gaps in between her and me 

Well, I just spend my time filling the gaps 

That have grown in between her and me 

Midnight in the subway, we'd huddle up and laugh 

When we missed the last bus home, we'd just sit there all night 

And we'd play guitars until the night-time passed 

I went there to count some sheep 

With the smell of glue, I couldn't sleep 

Made my excuses to no one, left town 

To leave it in the city at the lost and found 

Where the steps my father walked don't echo on down 

And my mother's voice calling doesn't make no sound 

And there's no yesterdays to tie you down 

And as I hit the city, I remember this sound 

Waves on the shore going pound pound pound 

The streets in the city still swirling around 

And my mother's voice calling me, calling me, calling me back 

I was standing on a corner kicking my heels 

Had my coat buttoned up beneath my chin 

I saw in some girl's eyes, she thought that I was making deals