[Verse 1]
It was not his idea
To leave the city after Korea
For a Chinese wedding by a circus tent
All the time at the foundry
Dying in between the boundaries
So he left his baby there to pay the rent

[Pre-Chorus]
I see him down by the crumbling seawalls
Am I the only one who hears him when he calls?

[Chorus]
Call me the witch
Here to paint the town that time forgot
Throwin' the switch
To illuminate the isle of forget-me-nots

[Verse 2]
She was married to a merchant marine
Who her father thought a philistine
Peddling kerosene in a surplus store
On a night so clear
Seeing that his vessel was near
She walked off the end of the pier, lo and behold