Remittance Man
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โฑ๏ธ 6:00 duration
๐ ID: 1418556
๐ Lyrics
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
In every port of call
-Chorus-
Remittance man
Black sheep of the family clan
Broke too many rules along the way
Remittance man
So far from home
No they'll never understand the remittance man
-Verse-
A man of empty pockets
From jingling his change
The idleness and grieving
Are all that he retains
By the harbor lights of Sydney
Or the Bora Bora moon
He recites his sad confession
To the seagulls and the loons
-Repeat Chorus-
-Bridge-
You could 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't pretend
-Verse-
An unexpected passenger
Boarded the 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
Going round and round and round
Now he watches from the fantail
As the mainland disappears
Just like the Flying Dutch man
He's a prisoner of his fears
-Repeat Chorus-
No they'll never understand
No they'll never understand
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
In every port of call
-Chorus-
Remittance man
Black sheep of the family clan
Broke too many rules along the way
Remittance man
So far from home
No they'll never understand the remittance man
-Verse-
A man of empty pockets
From jingling his change
The idleness and grieving
Are all that he retains
By the harbor lights of Sydney
Or the Bora Bora moon
He recites his sad confession
To the seagulls and the loons
-Repeat Chorus-
-Bridge-
You could 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't pretend
-Verse-
An unexpected passenger
Boarded the 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
Going round and round and round
Now he watches from the fantail
As the mainland disappears
Just like the Flying Dutch man
He's a prisoner of his fears
-Repeat Chorus-
No they'll never understand
No they'll never understand
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:14.19] Sinner on the mainland
[00:18.13] He's a sinner on the sea
[00:22.18] He looks for absolution
[00:26.18] Not accountability
[00:29.16] How many destinations
[00:33.13] Oh God he's seen them all
[00:37.23] He collects his precious pittance
[00:40.14] In every port of call
[00:44.27] -Chorus-
[00:46.25] Remittance man
[00:50.29] Black sheep of the family clan
[00:54.28] Broke too many rules along the way
[01:00.23] Remittance man
[01:04.26] So far from home
[01:08.20] No they'll never understand the remittance man
[01:13.37] -Verse-
[01:16.28] A man of empty pockets
[01:20.31] From jingling his change
[01:24.37] The idleness and grieving
[01:28.30] Are all that he retains
[01:31.35] By the harbor lights of Sydney
[01:34.34] Or the Bora Bora moon
[01:38.35] He recites his sad confession
[01:42.37] To the seagulls and the loons
[01:47.27] -Repeat Chorus-
[02:18.15] -Bridge-
[02:19.17] You could claim that you were born a prince
[02:26.27] But you're the only one you can convince
[02:31.28] Survivor with no livelihood, that you could ever make it good
[02:41.24] But still you dream of what you can't pretend
[02:51.23] -Verse-
[03:24.28] An unexpected passenger
[03:28.26] Boarded the Marseilles
[03:31.22] An angel full of tenderness
[03:35.37] She gave her heart away
[03:39.32] She was but a gypsy
[03:43.36] He was just a stray
[03:46.30] They almost made a miracle
[03:50.37] But it slowly slipped away
[03:53.33] So he follows the equator
[03:57.36] With a wish to run aground
[04:01.26] It's a very vicious circle
[04:05.31] Going round and round and round
[04:09.39] Now he watches from the fantail
[04:12.43] As the mainland disappears
[04:16.33] Just like the Flying Dutch man
[04:19.47] He's a prisoner of his fears
[04:23.42] -Repeat Chorus-
[04:48.43] No they'll never understand
[04:51.44] No they'll never understand
[05:03.53]
[00:18.13] He's a sinner on the sea
[00:22.18] He looks for absolution
[00:26.18] Not accountability
[00:29.16] How many destinations
[00:33.13] Oh God he's seen them all
[00:37.23] He collects his precious pittance
[00:40.14] In every port of call
[00:44.27] -Chorus-
[00:46.25] Remittance man
[00:50.29] Black sheep of the family clan
[00:54.28] Broke too many rules along the way
[01:00.23] Remittance man
[01:04.26] So far from home
[01:08.20] No they'll never understand the remittance man
[01:13.37] -Verse-
[01:16.28] A man of empty pockets
[01:20.31] From jingling his change
[01:24.37] The idleness and grieving
[01:28.30] Are all that he retains
[01:31.35] By the harbor lights of Sydney
[01:34.34] Or the Bora Bora moon
[01:38.35] He recites his sad confession
[01:42.37] To the seagulls and the loons
[01:47.27] -Repeat Chorus-
[02:18.15] -Bridge-
[02:19.17] You could claim that you were born a prince
[02:26.27] But you're the only one you can convince
[02:31.28] Survivor with no livelihood, that you could ever make it good
[02:41.24] But still you dream of what you can't pretend
[02:51.23] -Verse-
[03:24.28] An unexpected passenger
[03:28.26] Boarded the Marseilles
[03:31.22] An angel full of tenderness
[03:35.37] She gave her heart away
[03:39.32] She was but a gypsy
[03:43.36] He was just a stray
[03:46.30] They almost made a miracle
[03:50.37] But it slowly slipped away
[03:53.33] So he follows the equator
[03:57.36] With a wish to run aground
[04:01.26] It's a very vicious circle
[04:05.31] Going round and round and round
[04:09.39] Now he watches from the fantail
[04:12.43] As the mainland disappears
[04:16.33] Just like the Flying Dutch man
[04:19.47] He's a prisoner of his fears
[04:23.42] -Repeat Chorus-
[04:48.43] No they'll never understand
[04:51.44] No they'll never understand
[05:03.53]