Port of Morrow

Album: Port Of Morrow (2012)
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  • Through the rain and all the clatter
    Under the Fremont bridge I saw a pigeon fly
    Fly in fear from the raptor come to take its life

    And as it closed in for the capture
    I funneled the fear through my ancient eyes
    To see in flight, what I know are the bitter mechanics of life

    Under my hat it reads "The lines are all imagined"
    A fact of life I know to hide from my little girls
    I know my place amongst the bugs and all the animals
    And it's from these ordinary people you are longing to be free

    My hotel and on the TV
    A preacher on a stage like a buzzard cries
    Out a warning of phony sorrow, he's trying to get a rise

    The cyanide from an almond
    Let him look at your hands, get the angles right
    Ace of spades, port of morrow, life is death is life

    I saw a photograph: Cologne in '27
    And then a postcard after the bombs in '45
    Must've been a world of evil clowns that let it happen

    But now I recognize, dear listeners
    That you were there and so was I

    Under my hat I know the lines are all imagined
    A fact of life I must impress on my little girls
    I know my place amongst the creatures in the pageant
    And there are flowers in the garbage, and a skull under your curls Writer/s: JAMES MERCER
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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