When I first came to town   All the people gathered round   They bought me drinks   Lord, how they quickly changed their tune         When I first came to town   People took me round from end to end   Like someone may take round a friend   O 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         O sweet Jesus   There is no turning back   There is 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 favours were for free   Now even the doors of the whores of this town   Are closed to me         I search the mirror   And I try to see   Why the people of this town   Have washed their hands of me         O sweet Jesus   There is no turning back   There is always one more town   A little further down the track         O lord, every god-damn turn I take   I fear the noose, I fear the stake   For there is no bone   They did not break   In all the towns I've been before         Well those that sin against me are snuffed out   I know from every day that I live   God-damn the day that I was born   The night that forced me from the womb   And god-damn 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         O sweet Jesus   This really is the end   There is always one more town   A little further round the end