Lyrics Josh Ritter

Josh Ritter

Harbortown

Brings me back to Harbortown

Where me and my true love once lay

We watched the lights go up and the sun go down

Let the moon rise where it may

There I stood, the river flowed

There she stood my black-haired Jill

The wind addressed her tresses black

The long love letters to the hill

Lie de lie, lie de lee

Where the shoreline meets the sea

Lie de lie, lie de lee

How the closing meets the day

I'm a poor boy, the night is cold

The meager treasure though it be

And I would turn my restless youth to gold

That I might spend it all on thee

Which brings me back to Harbortown

Where me and my true love once lay

We watched the lights go up and the sun go down

Let the moon rise where it may

Lie de lie, lie de lee

Where the shoreline meets the sea

Lie de lie, lie de lee

How the closing meets the day