Remittance Man

Sinner on the mainland

He's a sinner on the sea

He looks for absolution

Not accountability

How many destinations

Oh god he's seen them all

He collects his precious pittance

Never a port of call



Remittance man

Blacksheep of the family clan

Broke too many rules along the way

Remittance man

So far away from home

No they'll never understand

The remittance man



A man of empty pockets

From jingling his change

The idleness and grieving

For all that he retains

By the harbour lights of sydney

Or the bora bora moon

He recites his sad confession

To the seagulls and the loons



Remittance man

Blacksheep of the family clan

Broke too many rules along the way

Remittance man

So far away from home

No they'll never understand

The remittance man



Well you can claim that you were born a prince

But you're the only one you can convince

Survivor with no livelihood

That you could ever make it good

But still you dream of what you can pretend



An unexpected passenger

Boarded in marseilles

An angel full of tenderness

She gave her heart away

She was but a gypsy

He was just a stray

They almost made a miracle but it slowly slipped away

So he follows the equator

With a wish to run aground

It's a very vicious circle

Goin' round and round and round

And he watches from the fantail

As the mainland disappears

Just like the flying dutchman

He's a prisoner of his fears



Remittance man

Blacksheep of the family clan

Broke too many rules along the way

Remittance man

So far away from home

No they'll never understand

No they'll never understand

No they'll never understand

The remittance man




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