A Girl in Port
Okkervil River
The Stage Names (2007)

Capo 2nd Fret

Chorus:
A (x02220@1)                            
Let fall your 
G (320003@1)               Dsoft (xx0232@1)and swaying skirt; let fall your 
A (x02220@1)                   Emshoes; (022000@1)let fall your shirt. I'm not the
G (320003@1)           Dlady-killing (xx0232@1)sort. Enough to 
A (x02220@1)  G (320003@1)            Dhurt (xx0232@1)  a girl in port.

Verse:
AMarie's (x02220@1)gone
G (320003@1)                 Dblonde, (xx0232@1)and lost a stone. She lay on her 
A (x02220@1)              Emlawn, (022000@1)spun and alone. And when the
G (320003@1)              Dmorning (xx0232@1)sun, it rose upon 
A (x02220@1)                  EmMarie, (022000@1)and her lacy clothes. It lit her
G (320003@1)                  D (xx0232@1)up, and she walked around the winding
A (x02220@1)                Emstreets (022000@1)of Camden town. She don't know 
G (320003@1)              Dwho (xx0232@1)she wants to be, but if I 
A (x02220@1)   G (320003@1)          Dknew, (xx0232@1)  I'd tell Marie.

Chorus

And Cindy tells me she's had fun,
Sitting back stage,someone's plus one.
Up in her room,the records spin
a needle in the grooves that she's worn thin.
Well, she lifts her sleeve and she sees a name.
And she's got a smile on her face
And she's got a story you can't see
Well, that's just between that name and Cindy.

Interlude: A Asus4 A     

And before Holly made her way
Over the sea and far away,
She's telling me inside her car
driving us back from the Crystal Corner bar.
I lost her there; I fell from hell
Cut some fresh pieces from myself
Then for a second something in me
Said leave today, it's time, Holly.

Interlude

Oh, I'm a weak and lonely sort,
Though I'm not sailing just for sport.
I've come to feel out on the sea
These urgent lives press against me.
I'm just aghast; I'm not a part
My tender head with my easy heart.
These several years out on the sea
Made me empty, cold, and clear pour yourself into me.

Chorus