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The Navesink Banks

PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:09 pm
by PJK
Lyrics:
"all hope abandon, ye who enter here"
said the sign i read that was hanging above her bed
and the sirens over wailing
but a man cant ignore the signs
you gotta keep a good eye
on the winding road ahead
and my first sin was a young american girl

and i spent time 'neath the tressels
with the punks and the dimestore saints
kept faith and a switchblade tucked beneath my coat
and i ran with dirty angels
slept out in the rain
we were scared and tired and barely 17
and my first sin was the fear that made me old

and i walked down by the shipyards
near the place where i was born
saying "ah maria, if you woulda known me when..."
but she just smiles by the light on the navesink banks
saying "listen baby i know you now"
and she steps into the river
and i just stand by the moon
thinkin' 'bout a ghost i hear at night
and she says your first sin was a lie you told yourself

Re: The Navesink Banks

PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:12 pm
by johnkelly730
This was the first Gaslight Anthem song I ever heard. It must have been a good one because I now know the words to every song they've released.