A Girl In Port by Okkervil River
A Girl In Port by Okkervil River

A Girl In Port

Okkervil River * Track #6 On The Stage Names

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A Girl In Port by Okkervil River

Release Date
Tue Aug 07 2007
Performed by
Okkervil River
Produced by
Brian Beattie
Writed by
Will Sheff
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This song continues one of the general themes of the album, making a comparison between sailors and rock bands, both of whom have “girls in port”, or women that they hook up with temporarily in their travels from city to city.

A Girl In Port Lyrics

[Chorus]
Let fall your soft and swaying skirt
Let fall your shoes, let fall your shirt
I'm not the lady killing sort
Enough to hurt a girl in port

[Verse 1]
Marie's gone blonde and lost a stone
She lay on her lawn, spun and alone
And, when the morning sun it rose
Upon Marie in her lacy clothes

[Verse 2]
It lit her up, and she walked around
The winding streets of Camden Town
She don't know who she wants to be
And if I knew, I'd tell Marie

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
Cindy tells me she's had fun
Sitting backstage, someone's plus one
Up in her room the records spin
Needle in the grooves that she's worn thin

[Verse 4]
She lifts a sleeve and she sees a name
And she's got a smile on her face
And she's got a story you can't see
It's just between that name and Cindy

[Verse 5]
And before Holly made her way
Over the sea and far away
She's telling me, inside her car
Driving us back from the Crystal Corner bar

[Verse 6]
"I lost it there, I fell from health
Cut some fresh pieces from myself"
And then, for a second, something in me
Said, "Leave today. It's time, Holly"

[Verse 7]
Well, I'm a weak and lonely sort
Though I'm not sailing just for sport
I've come to feel, out on the sea
These urgent lives press against me

[Verse 8]
I'm just a guest. I'm not a part
With my tender head, with my easy heart
These several years out on the sea
Have made me empty, cold, and clear. Pour yourself into me

[Chorus]

A Girl In Port Q&A

Who wrote A Girl In Port's ?

A Girl In Port was written by Will Sheff.

Who produced A Girl In Port's ?

A Girl In Port was produced by Brian Beattie.

When did Okkervil River release A Girl In Port?

Okkervil River released A Girl In Port on Tue Aug 07 2007.

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