John Denver - Amsterdam Lyrics
This song was first released on the take me to tomorrow album. it is the only album it has been released on.Of the dreams that he brings from the wide open seaIn the port of amsterdam theres a sailor who sleepsWhile the river bank sweeps to the old willow treeIn the port of amsterdam theres a sailor who diesFull of beer, full of cries in a drunkin down fightBut in the port of amsterdam theres a sailor whos bomOn a muggy, hot mom by the dawns early lightIn the port of amsterdam where the sailors all meetTheres a sailor who eats only fish heads and tailsHe will show you his teeth that have rotted too soonThat can swallow the moon that can haul up the I sailsAnd he asks to the cook with his amms open wideBring me more fish, put it down by my sideAnd he wants so to belch, but hes too full to trySo he gets up and he laughs, and he zips up his ftyIn the port of amsterdam you can see sailors danceHaunches bursting their pants, binding women to paunchTheyve forgotten the tune that their whiskey voice croaksAnd their splitting the night with the roar of their jokesAnd they tum and they dance and they laugh and they lustTo the rats it sounds of the accordion burstThen hes out into the night with their pride in their pantsWith a slut that they tow undemeath the street lampsIn the port of amsterdam theres a sailor who drinksAnd he drinks, and he drinks, and he drinks once againHe drinks to the health of the whores of amsterdamWho have promised their love to a thousand other menAnd they darken their bodies, and their virtue long goneFor a few dirty coinsAnd then when he cant go onHe plants his nose in the skyAnd he wipes it up aboveAnd he spits like to cry for an unfaithful loveIn the port of amsterdam, in the port of amsterdamIn the port of amsterdamWords and music by brel - shuman
