[00:05.12] This town, this stain on the sunrise [00:13.33] Disguised in the mist this morning [00:16.68] It's 8 a.m., a seagull shouts a sailor's warning [00:23.35] This sky, this bend in the river [00:28.34] Slows down and delivers me, the tide rolls black [00:33.60] And all my memories fade to black [00:37.69] And yet, and yet I'm back [00:44.52] This town has a strange magnetic pull [00:48.08] Like homing signal in your skull [00:51.55] And you sail by the stars of the hemisphere [00:55.52] Wondering how in the hell did you end up here? [00:58.81] It's like an underground river, or hidden stream [01:02.62] That flows through your head, and haunts your dreams [01:06.59] And you stuffed those dreams in this canvas sack [01:09.97] And there's nothing round here that the world lacks [01:14.25] And yet, and yet you're back [01:21.24] Some nights I'd lie on the deck, and I'd stare at the turning of the stars [01:27.91] Those constellations hanging up there from the cables and the rigging [01:35.65] I'd wonder if she saw the same, or managed to recall my name [01:42.40] Why would she ever think of me? [01:46.38] Some boy she loved who fled to sea? [01:50.46] And why waste time debating whether she'd be waiting for the likes of me? [02:02.57] [02:06.78] So yet drift into port with the scum of the seas [02:10.34] To the dance halls and the brothels where you took your ease [02:14.28] And the ship's left the dock, but you're half past caring [02:17.62] And you haven't got a clue whose bed you're sharing [02:21.25] And your head's like a hammer on a bulkhead door [02:24.46] And it feels like somebody might have broken your jaw [02:28.01] And there's bloodstains and glass all over the floor [02:31.85] And you swear to God ye'll drink no more [02:35.85] And yet, and yet [02:43.73] In truth, it's too late to find her [02:49.08] Too late to remind her at some garden gate [02:53.54] Where a servant tells me I should wait [02:56.79] And perhaps a door's slammed in my face [03:01.12] My head must be in outer space [03:04.94] And yet, and yet [03:08.48] Before the sun has set [03:12.25] Before the sea [03:15.33] There may be something else that's waiting for the likes of me [03:29.36] [03:38.03] This town, this stain on the sunrise [03:42.17]