A Girl In Port

[Chorus] Let fall your soft and swaying skirt Let fall your shoes, let fall your shirt I'm not the lady killing sort Enough to hurt a girl in port [Verse 1] Marie's gone blonde and lost a stone She lay on her lawn, spun and alone And, when the morning sun it rose Upon Marie in her lacy clothes [Verse 2] It lit her up, and she walked around The winding streets of Camden Town She don't know who she wants to be And if I knew, I'd tell Marie [Chorus] [Verse 3] Cindy tells me she's had fun Sitting backstage, someone's plus one Up in her room the records spin Needle in the grooves that she's worn thin [Verse 4] She lifts a sleeve and she sees a name And she's got a smile on her face And she's got a story you can't see It's just between that name and Cindy [Verse 5] And before Holly made her way Over the sea and far away She's telling me, inside her car Driving us back from the Crystal Corner bar [Verse 6] "I lost it there, I fell from health Cut some fresh pieces from myself" And then, for a second, something in me Said, "Leave today. It's time, Holly" [Verse 7] Well, I'm a weak and lonely sort Though I'm not sailing just for sport I've come to feel, out on the sea These urgent lives press against me [Verse 8] I'm just a guest. I'm not a part With my tender head, with my easy heart These several years out on the sea Have made me empty, cold, and clear. Pour yourself into me [Chorus]