River Towns lyrics

I came in three days early

To meet my boat.

It ain’t the life of Riley,

But it’s keeping me afloat.

It’s quiet over Christmas,

If you got no place to go.

I got my home from river rats,

The only home I know.

I found myself a flophouse,

And I hit the streets at nine.

Get some grub and drink a beer,

Maybe go down the line.

These chips will take your money,

Shake a young man down.

It’s the same in every one of these

Sorry river towns.

River towns, sorry river towns,

River towns.

River towns, sorry river towns,

River towns.

Well I picked me up a bottle

To take back to the room,

Then I saw a young girl standing

In a doorway in the gloom.

We’d hardly started talking

The old scenario,

And I just let her work me over

Down by the Ohio.

River towns, sorry river towns,

River towns.

River towns, sorry river towns,

River towns.

When I asked her if she’d like to stay,

She was down my stairs so quick.

I never asked what got her started

With the sorry river tricks.

So I get the bottle open,

But something’s hit a nerve,

And I’m looking in the mirror

At the face that I deserve.

River towns, sorry river towns,

River towns.

River towns, sorry river towns,

River towns.

• Artist:Mark Knopfler
• Album:Tracker 2015