Billy Bragg Ship In My Harbour Lyrics

Ship In My Harbour Lyrics

Cakewalked down the gangplank full of greenbacks and Annapolis shoes

From Jersey and Memphis the home of the brave and the home of the blues

With voices like honey they made you feel ugly just to talk

It's crew cuts and cameras and photos for the folks back in New York



He said honey I'm sure that you're getting bored in this town

They'd love you in LA the way that you say "baby get down"

Here's my telephone number but I can't always promise I'll be home

I've come ten thousand miles to be with you tonight, don't let me spend this


night alone



I can't blame you for what you did

It's like the television opened up and they invited you in 

And the way he said honey and that Wayne Rogers grin

I searched the seas all my life baby where have you been

And I hear you been covering the water front

Crying lover man where have you been

There's a ship in my harbour again.





The stars and the stripes wave goodbye as the ship sails out of sight

And you walk back to bed to catch up on the sleep you missed out on last
night

And the river rolls out to the sea in the cold light of the dawn

And you wish yourself thousands of miles from the place where you were born



I can't blame you for what you did

It's like the television open up and they invited you in 

There's nothing harder to resist than a strangers kiss

Why the hell do you think that I sing like this

And I hear you been covering the water front

Crying lover man where have you been

There's a ship in my harbour again.