When I First Came To Town

When I first came to town All the people gathered 'round They bought me drinks Oh, Lord, how quickly they changed their tune When I first came to town People took me 'round from end to end Like someone may take 'round a friend Oh, how quickly they changed their tune 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 Oh, sweet Jesus There is no turning back There's always one more town A little further down the track 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 When I first came to town Their favors were for free 'Cause now even the doors of the whores Of this town are closed to me 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 Oh, sweet Jesus There is no turning back There's always one more town A little further down the track 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 Well, those that sin against me are snuffed out I know that from every day that I live God-damn the day that I was born And the night that forced me from the womb 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 Oh, sweet Jesus This really is the end There's always one more town A little further 'round the end