Hooker

You came to town with the country in your eyes

Looking for a friend to lend the country some advice

Your skin was so brown, oh you shone like ice

You could steal the gold from the devil's soul

Or give sight to the blind

You gotta run to the highway, let your hair hang down

Stop walking up and down the street on the wrong side of town

Those city lights and lonely nights won't leave your homework now

You gotta run to the highway, get your feet back on the ground

He said you'll earn your keep if you'll stay the night

With some poor clown who'll lay you down and pay you for the right

You'll make his flame a torch, you know you'll stay alive

Till his hour's gone and your job is done

And his red torch lights the sky

You gotta run to the highway, let your hair hang down

Stop walking up and down the street on the wrong side of town

Those city lights and lonely nights won't leave your homework now

You gotta run to the highway, get your feet back on the ground

You say you're a leaf, you're desperate for a home

But you know you're scared, yes so so scared to head out on your own

But why you stayed so long, I'll never understand

Why you took abuse with no excuse

At the hands of the golden man

You gotta run to the highway, let your hair hang down

Stop walking up and down the street on the wrong side of town Those city lights and lonely nights won't leave your homework down

You gotta run to the highway, get your feet back on the ground