Navesink Banks Lyrics - The Gaslight Anthem

All hope abandon, ye who enter here 

Said the sign I read that was hangin' above her bed 

And the sirens all were wailin', but a man can ignore the signs 

Gotta keep a good eye on the windin' road ahead 

And my first sin was a young American girl 

My first sin was a young American girl 

And I spent time 'neath the trestles 

With the punks and the dime store saints 

Kept faith and a switchblade stuffed beneath my coat 

And I ran with dirty angels, slept out in the rain 

We were scared and tired and barely 17 

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And my first sin was a fear that made me old 

My first sin was a fear that made me old 

Now I walk down by the shipyards 

Near the place where I was born 

Sayin' "Oh, Maria, if you'da known me when..." 

But she only smiles 

By the light on the Navesink banks 

Sayin' "Listen baby, I know you now" 

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Then she steps into the river 

And I just stand by the moon 

Thinkin' 'bout a ghost I hear at night 

And she says "Your first sin was a lie you told yourself" 

"Your first sin was a lie you told yourself"