Lyrics Turkish Song of the Damned (The Janice Long Show) [November 1986] [Live] - The Pogues
                                                    I 
                                                come 
                                                old 
                                                friend 
                                                from 
                                                hell 
                                                tonight
 
                                    
                                
                                                Across 
                                                the 
                                                rotting 
                                                sea
 
                                    
                                
                                                Nor 
                                                the 
                                                blood 
                                                of 
                                                Christ, 
                                                nor 
                                                the 
                                                nails 
                                                of 
                                                the 
                                                cross
 
                                    
                                
                                                Can 
                                                bring 
                                                you 
                                                help 
                                                this 
                                                eve
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                dead 
                                                have 
                                                come 
                                                to 
                                                claim 
                                                    a 
                                                debt 
                                                from 
                                                thee
 
                                    
                                
                                                They 
                                                stand 
                                                outside 
                                                your 
                                                door, 
                                                four 
                                                score 
                                                and 
                                                three
 
                                    
                                
                                                Did 
                                                you 
                                                keep 
                                                    a 
                                                watch 
                                                for 
                                                the 
                                                dead 
                                                man's 
                                                wind?
 
                                    
                                
                                                Did 
                                                you 
                                                see 
                                                the 
                                                woman 
                                                with 
                                                the 
                                                comb 
                                                in 
                                                her 
                                                hand?
 
                                    
                                
                                                Wailing 
                                                away 
                                                on 
                                                the 
                                                wall 
                                                on 
                                                the 
                                                strand
 
                                    
                                
                                                As 
                                                you 
                                                danced 
                                                to 
                                                the 
                                                Turkish 
                                                song 
                                                of 
                                                the 
                                                damned
 
                                    
                                
                                                When 
                                                you 
                                                left 
                                                to 
                                                start 
                                                the 
                                                day
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                was 
                                                standing 
                                                on 
                                                the 
                                                deck
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                captain's 
                                                corpse 
                                                jumped 
                                                up
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                threw 
                                                his 
                                                arms 
                                                around 
                                                my 
                                                neck
 
                                    
                                
                                                For 
                                                all 
                                                these 
                                                years, 
                                                I've 
                                                had 
                                                him 
                                                on 
                                                my 
                                                back
 
                                    
                                
                                                This 
                                                debt 
                                                cannot 
                                                be 
                                                paid 
                                                with 
                                                all 
                                                your 
                                                jack
 
                                    
                                
                                                Did 
                                                you 
                                                keep 
                                                    a 
                                                watch 
                                                for 
                                                the 
                                                dead 
                                                man's 
                                                wind?
 
                                    
                                
                                                Did 
                                                you 
                                                see 
                                                the 
                                                woman 
                                                with 
                                                the 
                                                comb 
                                                in 
                                                her 
                                                hand?
 
                                    
                                
                                                Wailing 
                                                away 
                                                on 
                                                the 
                                                wall 
                                                on 
                                                the 
                                                strand
 
                                    
                                
                                                As 
                                                you 
                                                danced 
                                                to 
                                                the 
                                                Turkish 
                                                song 
                                                of 
                                                the 
                                                damned
 
                                    
                                
                                                Did 
                                                you 
                                                keep 
                                                    a 
                                                watch 
                                                for 
                                                the 
                                                dead 
                                                man's 
                                                wind?
 
                                    
                                
                                                Did 
                                                you 
                                                see 
                                                the 
                                                woman 
                                                with 
                                                the 
                                                comb 
                                                in 
                                                her 
                                                hand?
 
                                    
                                
                                                Wailing 
                                                away 
                                                on 
                                                the 
                                                wall 
                                                on 
                                                the 
                                                strand
 
                                    
                                
                                                As 
                                                you 
                                                danced 
                                                to 
                                                the 
                                                Turkish 
                                                song 
                                                of 
                                                the 
                                                damned
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                as 
                                                    I 
                                                sit 
                                                and 
                                                talk 
                                                to 
                                                you
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                see 
                                                your 
                                                face 
                                                go 
                                                white
 
                                    
                                
                                                This 
                                                shadow 
                                                hanging 
                                                over 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                Is 
                                                no 
                                                trick 
                                                of 
                                                the 
                                                light
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                spectra 
                                                on 
                                                my 
                                                back 
                                                will 
                                                soon 
                                                be 
                                                free
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                dead 
                                                have 
                                                come 
                                                to 
                                                claim 
                                                    a 
                                                debt 
                                                from 
                                                thee
 
                                    
                                
                                                Did 
                                                you 
                                                keep 
                                                    a 
                                                watch 
                                                for 
                                                the 
                                                dead 
                                                man's 
                                                wind?
 
                                    
                                
                                                Did 
                                                you 
                                                see 
                                                the 
                                                woman 
                                                with 
                                                the 
                                                comb 
                                                in 
                                                her 
                                                hand?
 
                                    
                                
                                                Wailing 
                                                away 
                                                on 
                                                the 
                                                wall 
                                                on 
                                                the 
                                                strand
 
                                    
                                
                                                As 
                                                you 
                                                danced 
                                                to 
                                                the 
                                                Turkish 
                                                song 
                                                of 
                                                the 
                                                damned
 
                                    
                                
                                                Did 
                                                you 
                                                keep 
                                                    a 
                                                watch 
                                                for 
                                                the 
                                                dead 
                                                man's 
                                                wind?
 
                                    
                                
                                                Did 
                                                you 
                                                see 
                                                the 
                                                woman 
                                                with 
                                                the 
                                                comb 
                                                in 
                                                her 
                                                hand?
 
                                    
                                
                                                Wailing 
                                                away 
                                                on 
                                                the 
                                                wall 
                                                on 
                                                the 
                                                strand
 
                                    
                                
                                                As 
                                                you 
                                                danced 
                                                to 
                                                the 
                                                Turkish 
                                                song 
                                                of 
                                                the 
                                                damned
 
                                    
                                
                                                Did 
                                                you 
                                                keep 
                                                    a 
                                                watch 
                                                for 
                                                the 
                                                dead 
                                                man's 
                                                wind?
 
                                    
                                
                                                Did 
                                                you 
                                                see 
                                                the 
                                                woman 
                                                with 
                                                the 
                                                comb 
                                                in 
                                                her 
                                                hand?
 
                                    
                                
                                                Wailing 
                                                away 
                                                on 
                                                the 
                                                wall 
                                                on 
                                                the 
                                                strand
 
                                    
                                
                                                As 
                                                you 
                                                danced 
                                                to 
                                                the 
                                                Turkish 
                                                song 
                                                of 
                                                the 
                                                damned
 
                                    
                                
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