17 Hills

The city rises on seventeen hills Seventeen hills from the sea And you see five of those seventeen hills Through the iron grille in cell block E The city rises on seventeen hills Seventeen hills from the Bay You could see nine of those seventeen hills From the lead roof of cell block A Papa came here as a sailor Jumped a ship in '53 And when he ran, my mama drank herself to death I guess I got that dirty gene Yeah, it's about all he left to me This city rises on seventeen hills Seventeen hills from the bay You'd see twelve of those seventeen hills From the downpipe of cell block H Flaming hair and her name was Irene The prettiest thief you ever seen We robbed a store and she shot an armed guard But mine was the face on the DVR They ran us down on the delta In a freight yard rusting in the sun But all I wanted was a place among those hills I didn't mean to hurt no-one, no Least of all the girl I love The city rises on seventeen hills Seventeen hills to the sky I spread her ashes at the foot of those hills The seventeenth hill is where she lies If I can bribe some crooked lawyer To smuggle in a hacksaw blade Tide tables, and a yard or two of twine I'll ride the driftwood in the Bay Let the wind decide my fate This city rises on seventeen hills Seventeen hills from the Bay And the silhouette of those beautiful hills Is right at the end of this old storm drain This city rises on seventeen hills Seventeen hills from the bay The last thing I saw was all seventeen hills In between crests of the ocean waves The towering crests of the ocean waves