Dan Bern - Capetown Lyrics
And I found a girl in Capetown, I was with her three days straightShe showed up right on time, not too soon and not too lateAnd all that I remember was we barely left the roomAnd I’m sure somewhere the sun came up and went back down againAnd I open up my window, and the world is upside downOh, CapetownAnd all I had was time and I drank me a few beersAnd I Googled people that I hadn’t seen in twenty yearsAnd to my great surprise, when I typed in your name I learnedYou were working in a chemical plant in JohannesburgAnd I’m hanging out in Capetown, and it ain’t too far awayMaybe I’ll see you sometime in a Johannesburg caféLots of folks live on the streets here and there’s more all the timeBut the water, she’s beautiful, and there’s plenty of good cheap wineAnd if you crane your neck too far, there’s a hand around your throatAnd you’ll wind up staring with your pockets clean from the bottom of a boatWhen Gandhi came his eyes were blue, when he left his eyes were brownOh, CapetownAnd I would gladly run off to the corners of the earthBut I find myself in Capetown by an accident of birth, yeahI would gladly run off to the corners of the skyBut I find myself in Capetown, don’t matter whyOh, CapetownFallin I am fallin off the great table of spaceIt’s all I can do to get up, splash water on my faceCapetown is my refuge, Capetown is my dareIf I can’t make it in Capetown, never make it anywhereAll right then, enough of this ramblin, gonna take a look aroundOh, Capetown
