Port Of Morrow-The Shins

[ti:Port Of Morrow] [ar:The Shins] [al:Port Of Morrow] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Port Of Morrow - The Shins [00:40.71]Through the rain and all the clatter [00:44.39]Under the Fremont bridge I saw a pigeon fly [00:48.44]Fly in fear from the raptor come to take its life [00:55.33] [00:56.51]And as it closed in for the capture [01:00.79]I funneled the fear through my ancient eyes [01:04.36]To see in flight [01:06.23]What I know are the bitter mechanics of life [01:09.85] [01:12.77]Under my hat it reads "the lines are all imagined" [01:19.15] [01:20.71]A fact of life I know to hide from my little girls [01:26.32] [01:28.63]I know my place amongst the bugs and all the animals [01:34.41] [01:36.46]And it's from these ordinary people you are longing to be free [01:44.91] [01:48.09]My hotel and on the TV [01:51.41] [01:52.41]A preacher on a stage like a buzzard cries [01:56.15]Out a warning of phony sorrow he's trying to get a rise [02:02.27] [02:03.70]The cyanide of an almond [02:06.78] [02:07.77]Let him look at your hands get the angles right [02:11.15] [02:11.66]Ace of spades port of morrow life is death is life [02:16.99] [02:20.19]I saw a photograph: Cologne in '27 [02:24.75] [02:28.12]And then a postcard after the bombs in '45 [02:32.49] [02:35.85]Must've been a world of evil clowns that let it happen [02:41.66] [02:44.33]But now I recognize dear listeners [02:48.22]That you were there and so was I [02:51.81] [02:53.06]Ah ah ah ah ah [03:10.55] [03:29.64]Under my hat I know the lines are all imagined [03:35.14] [03:37.40]A fact of life I must impress on my little girls [03:42.92] [03:45.49]I know my place amongst the creatures in the pageant [03:50.75] [03:53.75]And there are flowers in the garbage [03:57.93]And a skull under your curls [04:03.92] [04:05.23]Ah ah ah ah ah