When I First Came to Town

[Verse 1]
When I first came to town
All the people gathered 'round
They bought me drinks
Oh lord, how they quickly changed their tune

[Verse 2]
When I first came to town
The people took me 'round from end to end
Like someone may take around a friend
Oh, how quickly they changed their tune

[Verse 3]
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

[Chorus 1]
Oh, sweet Jesus
There is no turning back
There is always one more town
A little further down the track

[Verse 4]
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

[Verse 5]
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

[Verse 6]
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

[Chorus 1]
Oh, sweet Jesus
There is no turning back
There is always one more town
A little further down the track

[Verse 7]
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

[Verse 8]
Well, those that sin against me are snuffed out
I know that from every day that I live
Goddamn the day that I was born
And the night that forced me from the womb

[Verse 9]
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

[Chorus 2]
Oh, sweet Jesus
This really is the end
There is always one more town
A little further 'round the bend