Nomeansno - Our Town текст песни

Of course I think about it
I think about it all the time
Things cross your mindyou can t help it
What you saidwhat I said
What you didwhat I did
But it s all in the past nowwhat s the difference
You can t change it
I will never be the same I will never change
It will be a long time
When I think about it nowI know you were right
There were too many secrets to keep
Too many obstacles to overcome
And all that talk just made me tired
When I think about it now
When I think about you
I know you were right
You will never be the same you will never change
It will be a long time
I like the graveyard shift
It s quietI can read all night
I don t mind wearing a uniform
I don t mind walking in the dark
You make your roundsyou check all the locks
And when the sun riseswhen everyone is getting up
You punch out and go home
It will never be the same it will never change
It will be a long time
Sunken wrecks rise from the
Sand silent ships on dry land
While waves are crashing overhead
We cultivate our tulip beds
Hard work and honesty
The lowland is the place to be
We re under the sea
We re under the sea
Sail onlook for me I m floating
Under the sea
Comradeare we still alive?
Yesthe righteous will abide
Comrademust we stand alone?
Does cold rain fall on hard stone?
Beneath the flood no one survives
Build a wall and stay alive hard work and honesty
The lowland is the place to be
We re under the sea we re under the sea
Sail onlook for me I m floating
Under the sea
Comradedo you hear the sound
Of water dripping on wet ground?
Comradeare those tears I see
Like stars above the Zuider Zee?
Like rain upon a dark sea wall
Will those tear drops ever fall?
Hard work and honesty
The lowland is the place to be
We re under the sea we re under the sea
Sail onlook for me I m floating
Comraded you hear that? it s water it s rushing water
In our townmurdershappen everyday
When the temperaturerises they open the hydrantsand let the children play
In our townfridayis payroll day
The taverns openthe sun goes downthe neon signs make a grand display
In our townmurdershappen everyday
There are whores walking the streets
They ain t pretty and they ain t cheap
We ve got cops walking the beat
Stopping all the strangers they meet
Tn our townmartyrshang from the gallows pole
Newsboys cry on every cornersome high and mightyhas been brought low
In our townfriendsgather on the boulevard
The merchants are fat and happythe beggar s life is hard
In our townmartyrshang in the gallows yard
There are gunsguns - banging on the door of flesh
There are gunsguns - the fire and smoke scratch my breath
There are gunsguns - and empty eyes staring up in death
There are gunsguns - banging on the door of flesh in our town
Muezzinscall form the minarets
Monks bow before their beggar bowls
While christians smoke their cigarettes
In our townprophetswarn of a judgement day
Young girls hang out of sillsa flowery frame for their charms display
In our townthe riversmells of oil and shit
A hundred cranes stand in the harbourloading a hundred ships
In our town a thousand tongues speak from a thousand lips
We ve got whores walking the streets
Stopping all the strangers they meet
We ve got cops walking the beat
They ain t pretty and they ain t cheap
In our townthe skylineis like a mountain range
The streets are wind swept canyonsthe central park is a grassy plain
In our townthe saintssmile down on festival days
In tropical plumagethe black girls dance for the king of the big parade
In our townthe bossescurse the working man
Husbands curse their wivesand then they raise their hands
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In our town the sirens answer to 911
Another soul is flying free from another mother s son
In our townthe bodiesare cremated by the riverside
Up to the morning sun they rise
The flamesthe smokethe widow s cries
A stain of ashessoot and sparks upon the dawningrosy light
In our townthe skylinelooks down upon the riverside