Begging round the sun beaten streets
   I can't make me no connections
   Locals here no speak no English
   Where is my woman, well no one knows
   Ah well, some girls just have to leave in the night
   While you're fast asleep
   But I don't worry, I move in the dark
   There were lights, there were border lights
   I thought I heard that drum in the distance playing
   I saw the light, I crossed my heart and beat angels were there
  
   I woke in some hotel room
   I could hardly remember my name
   They were only sixteen years old
   I felt so lonely, I felt so ashamed
  
   I know sometimes I just have to leave
   In the night, while you're fast asleep
   But I don't worry, I move in the dark
   There were lights, there were border lights
   I thought I heard that drum in the distance playing
   I turned around, I crossed my heart and beat angels were there
  
   Don't you wonder where one goes wrong
   Is it somewhere in a foreign rain?
   We're sitting out the storm
   Every lamplight in town
   Man don't know when he's got it his grace
   Till beat angels come and take her away, beat angels, beat angels
   Well I crossed my heart and beat angels were there, beat angels?