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Now I remember the promise I gave you
The night I shipped out as a peace volunteer
As we sat holding hands in the Lamb and Flag tavern
I swore, I'd be back for you same time next year
But I killed a man in a Brazzaville street fight
I tried to hold back, but he taunted me so
5 years till they freed me from that Brazzaville prison
Out of boredom or pity, I never will know
Now I bear the stain
The scar on my name
I never can go back again
There's a love, you can't survive
And it burns you up inside
I sailed my boat into New Orleans harbor
Tied up at the jetty, as bold as you please
With a half-ton of Charlie built in to the bulkhead
Right under the noses of all them police
Now here I sit in my house on the mountain
King of the clouds and all I survey
There's women who are willing, and the law can't touch me
Yours is the one face that won't go away
- Album:
- Still
- Acoustic Classics
- Electric
- Miscellaneous
- Sweet Warrior
- Dream Attic
- Punk Headlines, Vol.2
- Action Packed:The Best Of The Capitol Years
- Live from Austin, TX: Richard Thompson
- The Bottom Line Archive: In Their Own Words, Vol. 1 (Live)
- The Bottom Line Archive Series: In Their Own Words, Vol. 1
- Still (Deluxe Edition)
- Still (Deluxe Version)
- BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2016
- Beatnik walking
- Uncut: The Heart of Saturday Night
- Uncut: The Sound Of 2013
- Cabaret of Souls
- Electric (Deluxe Version)
- Electric (Deluxe)