Farmer in the City Lyrics

from the album Tilt (1995)
by Scott Walker
INRTO (PATTERN 1)
Do I hear tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...
I'll give you tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...
Do I hear tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...
I'll give you tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...
VERSE ONE (PATTERN 2)
(Introduction of verse theme: Em)
This night you are mistaken, I'm a farmer in the city
Dark farmhouses against the sky, every night I must wonder why
Harness on the left nail, keeps wrinkling, wrinkling...then
higher above me - e so... e so
CHORUS ONE (PATTERN THREE)
Can't go by a man from Rio, can't go by a man from Vigo
Can't go by a man from Ostia, hey Ninetto, re-member that dream..
We talked about it...so many times
INTERLUDE (PATTERN 1)
Do I hear tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...
I'll give you tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...
Do I hear tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...
I'll give you tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...
VERSE TWO (PATTERN 2)
(Introduction of verse theme: Em)
And if I'm not mistaken, we can search from farm to farm
Dark farmhouses against our eyes, every night I must realize
Harness on the left nail, keeps withering, withering...then
higher above me - e so... e so
CHORUS TWO(PATTERN THREE)
Can't go by a man in this shirt, can't go by a man in that shirt
Can't go by a man with brain grass, go by his long long eye gas
And I used to be a citizen, I never felt the pressure
I knew nothing from the horses, nothing of the thresher, Paulo, take me
with you...it was the journey ... of a life...
OUTRO (PATTERN ONE)
Do I hear tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...
I'll give you tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...
Do I hear tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...
I'll give you tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...
# Chord suggestion by Ace Pete
# Lyrics taken from www.elyrics.net