When I First Came To Town Lyrics - Singles - Nick Cave & The Bad Seed

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