Down And Out - Greenland Whalefishers

I used be a free and a roving young lad

I used drink poison that messed up my head

And I’m down and out

And there was a girl with Greek ocean blue eyes

A dark queen from Hell in Heaven’s disguise

I’m down and out

I woke up one morning, the angel was flown, flown, flown

Her body was cold, I knew I was all alone

I lost all my powers, sat down in the chair

My next snap shot, a fat cop that gripped my hair

Kicked me down and out

Lorelei, hear me calling

Hear me call out for you

Your body is dust, my memories are fading

But your eyes still look blue

Lorelei, how’s your living?

Do the saints treat you well?

Do they lend you a hand, do they tell you good stories?

Or do they rot down in Hell?

I’ll write you a song, a kind of letter from Hell

Thoughts from a moist and cold prison cell

I’m down and out

So I spend the nights and long sober days

Waiting, just waiting in so many ways

I’m down and out

Last night in a dream an angel came down from the sky

He acted like a stranger but honey I knew those eyes

I pick up a paper and then throw it away

The news make no sense, the same shit every day

I’m down and out

Lorelei, hear me calling

Hear me call out for you

Your body is dust, my memories are fading

But your eyes still look blue

Lorelei, I can feel you

Always somewhere around

The air’s filled with hatred, your ghost tries to tell me

No one is safe in this town

Tomorrow comes the pardon, one battle is won

Tomorrow brings a new war, a hungry slow one