"All hope abandon, ye who enter here"
Said the sign I read that was hangin' above her bed
And the sirens all were wailin', but a man can ignore the signs
Gotta keep a good eye on the windin' road ahead
And my first sin was a young American girl
And my first sin was a young American girl
And I spent time 'neath the trestles
With the punks and the dime store saints
Kept faith and a switchblade tucked beneath my coat
And I ran with dirty angels, slept out in the rain
We were scared and tired and barely 17
And my first sin was a fear that made me old
And my first sin was a fear that made me old
And now I walk down by the shipyards
Near the place where I was born
Sayin' "Oh, Maria, if you'da known me when..."
But she only smiles
By the light on the Navesink banks
Sayin' "Listen baby, I know you now"
Then she steps into the river
And I just stand by the moon
Thinkin' about a ghost I hear at night
And she says, "Your first sin was a lie you told yourself
Your first sin was a lie you told...yourself."
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