Port Of Morrow Lyrics - Port Of Morrow - The Shins

Through the rain 

and all the clatter, 

under the Freemont bridge, 

I saw a pigeon fly, 

fly in fear 

from a raptor 

come to take its life. 

Does it closed 

and for the captured, 

I funnel the fear through my ancient eyes. 

See in flight 

where I know all the bitter mechanics of life. 

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Under my hat, 

it breathes, 

the lines are all imagined. 

A fact of life 

I know 

to hide from my little girls. 

I know my place amongst 

the bugs and all the animals. 

And it's from these ordinary people 

you were longing to be free. 

In my hotel, 

and on the TV, 

a pitcher on the stage 

like a buzzard cries 

out a warning, 

a phony sorrow. 

He's trying to get a rise. 

Photos 

Sign of life 

of an almot. 

Let him look at your hands, 

get the angles right. 

Ace of spades, 

Port of Morrow, 

life is death 

is life. 

I saw a photograph 

of Cologne in '27, 

and then a postcard after the bombs in '45. 

Must have been a world of evil clowns 

that let it happen. 

But now I recognize, 

dear, 

in these eyes, 

that you were there 

and so was I. 

Under my hat, I know 

the lines are allimagined. 

A fact of life, 

I must impress my little girls. 

I know my place amongst 

the creatures 

in the pageant. 

And there are flowers 

in the garbage, 

and a skull 

under your curls.