The Navesink Banks

Lyrics

[Verse 1] All hope abandon, ye who enter here Said the sign I read that was hangin' above her bed And the sirens all were wailin', but a man can ignore the signs Gotta keep a good eye on the windin' road ahead And my first sin was a young American girl My first sin was a young American girl [Verse 2] And I spent time 'neath the trestles With the punks and the dime store saints Kept faith and a switchblade tucked beneath my coat And I ran with dirty angels, slept out in the rain We were scared and tired and barely seventeen And my first sin was a fear that made me old My first sin was a fear that made me old [Verse 3] Now I walk down by the shipyards Near the place where I was born Sayin' "Oh, Maria, if you'da known me when..." But she only smiles by the light on the Navesink banks Sayin' "Listen baby, I know you now" Then she steps into the river and I just stand by the moon Thinkin' 'bout a ghost I hear at night And she says "Your first sin was a lie you told yourself" "Your first sin was a lie you told yourself"