Standard (EADGBE)
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 Id 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
Chorus
Now I bear the stain, the scar on my name
And I never can go back again
Theres a love you cant survive, theres a love you cant survive
And it tears you up inside, theres a love you cant survive
I sailed my boat into New Orleans harbour
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
Im King of the clouds and all I survey
Theres women who are willing, and the law cant touch me
But yours is the one face that wont go away