He was going to the doctor Been trying to make some time Didn't know what he's gonna find on the other side Then he left in her direction A force began to take his weary mind So he pulled in to the station And he walked on off the train A shade of green began to fill the moon-lit sky He was taking his own time The conductor looked like an old friend of mine ♪ All the sailors come and go In this town on the east coast They leave a lot of lovers But they dont forget the time (that) they had My father was one of them And my mother she worked just to keep, keep him in ♪ She's in need of a new friend Someone who would let her in And was going under pressure But didn't know what she's gonna find He was taken by her eyes And the north wind blowing down on the coast line ♪ They found their pot of gold In their lover's broken soul Digs all he can until the seeds come flying away He won't hurt her heart again Until the gray-blue skies open up and let him in