The Hooker (LP Version)-Tom Paxton

[ti:The Hooker] [ar:Tom Paxton] [al:Morning Again] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Hooker (LP Version) - Tom Paxton [00:07.79]Where do you go at night [00:09.95]Where do you go at night [00:11.48] [00:12.50]Wrapped in your cheap cologne [00:14.05] [00:14.59]Where do you go at night [00:16.20] [00:18.02]Down to the pit with the stinking air [00:20.05]And the smell of the sweat [00:21.08]And the death is there [00:22.33]I dance for a dollar [00:23.37]And I dance for a dime [00:24.77]Till their eyes are begging [00:25.78]And their pockets are mine [00:27.19]I pick a body and I name my fee [00:29.23]I take their money and they take me [00:31.90]That's where I go at night [00:33.93]That's where I go at night [00:35.56] [00:36.78]Don't point your finger [00:38.33] [00:39.07]Say your prayers at me [00:41.06] [00:41.65]The truth is hard but I'm gonna tell it [00:44.33]Ah there's a whole lot of ways to sell it [00:46.87] [00:54.23]How do you spend your days [00:56.28]How do you spend your days [00:58.12] [00:58.94]When you can sleep no more [01:00.91]How do you spend your days [01:02.81] [01:04.47]I rise at four in the afternoon [01:06.68]I take a match and the kitchen spoon [01:09.05]I wrap my arm in an old necktie [01:11.29]And I find religion on the very first try [01:13.64]I wash my face and I comb my hair [01:15.94]My looks are going but I just don't care [01:18.13]And that's how I spend my days [01:20.61]That's how I spend my days [01:22.67] [01:23.42]Don't point your finger [01:24.83] [01:25.76]Say your prayers at me [01:27.50] [01:28.28]The truth is hard but I'm gonna tell it [01:30.95]Ah there's a whole lot of ways to sell it [01:33.75] [01:40.82]Where do you find your love [01:42.89]Where do you find your love [01:44.53] [01:45.58]Where do you run to him [01:47.57]Where do you find your love [01:49.43] [01:51.08]I find my love in an old hotel [01:53.30]He's mean and wicked and he knows me well [01:55.62]He takes my body he takes my mind [01:57.98]Takes my money and he beats me blind [02:00.33]Says he'll help me but he won't say when [02:02.74]Sends me walking on the streets again [02:04.34]And that's where I find my love [02:07.36]That's where I find my love [02:09.37] [02:10.08]Don't point your finger [02:11.98] [02:12.50]Say your prayers at me [02:14.49] [02:15.07]The truth is hard but I'm gonna tell it [02:17.18] [02:17.71]Ah there's a whole lot of ways to sell it [02:20.43] [02:27.75]How will you spend your life [02:29.76]How will you spend your life [02:31.68] [02:32.56]While ladies play at cards [02:34.62]How will you spend your life [02:36.39] [02:38.18]Lying in a circle of velvet rooms [02:40.42]Dying in six inch carpet tombs [02:42.82]Hiding in the gutter with the aching pains [02:45.05]Trading the years for the aching veins [02:47.49]Dying at last when the tricks are few [02:49.79]And I can't get action from a john like you [02:52.17]Ah that's how I spend my life [02:54.34]That's how I spend my life [02:57.12]Don't point your finger [02:59.49]Say your prayers at me [03:02.14]The truth is hard but I'm gonna tell it [03:04.71]Ah there's a whole lot of ways to sell it