The Lady from Shanghai 2
by The Mountain Goats
From the album: Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan
Track 11 of 12 on Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan (2025).
Duration: 05:21
Lyrics for The Lady from Shanghai 2
When I was a young man, I Sank into the shadows where the edge begins to blur And when I was a young man, I Sought out the places where the shadows were And then luck found me Out on the open sea Hoisting up the main sail high Emblem of the mirror in the stitching on the ocean breeze Nibbles in the nets all night Kings up in their castles not arrayed like these Out there where the dreams come from When will my moment come? Everything that sinks will float Everything that sinks will float We went down to the boat When we built the fire, I knew When the smoke settled, it would come down to us two Just a lucky guess, you know Show me the places where a lucky guesses go But when I was a young man, I, I I sought out the sky Everything that sinks will float Everything that sinks will float We went down to the boat