Vigilantes Of Love - Port Of Entry lyrics

When I boarded that steamer Some five years ago 'Cross the north atlantic Through the ice and snow I'd a feeling luck was with me She would stoop down and she'd kiss me Sail past lady liberty Into New York City My thoughts were always with you Girl I swear you'd never left them It was 'til I'd get established Somehow that never happened Was working eighty hours a week And trying to keep my health Praying for the day I might call you to myself Oh sweetness divine I never meant to treat you bad Why is it when you lose something You find out what you had Now I never became a banker Nor was I landed gentry Will you still hold me in your arms At my port of entry Now dreams can feed the spirit But then lies do the same thing "We never seen anything like you Around these parts here kid" Nation full of promises Full of dreamers full of schemes Bankrupt with corruption At the turn of the century Faithfulness and loyalty Are in short supply these days I put a little corner on the market And I hid them both away In a treasure chest inside my soul That only you can open I will scuttle this ship of proud emotions And the years of blindly groping