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well he came in to the bar just as our set was ending and he didn’t get very far before he tried to catch my eye well I’d seen that look before so when the set was over I tried to slip out the door but he was no fool either and he stood there in my way saying things about the music like “I like the way that you play, honey, you know I play a little bit too.” “won’t you let me come up to your room and we’ll sing and we’ll talk a while you know I’ve never met a lady quite like you before oh won’t you let me come up to your room” I said, “sorry but it’s kind of late and anyhow, I don’t sleep with strangers anymore.” Well, he looked about twenty-two tryin’ to act like thirty but it was all that he could do to cover up his surprise he said, “listen you’ve got me wrong I only want conversation, maybe play you some of my songs get to know you a little more.” “won’t you let me come up to your room and we’ll sing and we’ll talk a while you know I’ve never met a lady quite like you before ah won’t you let me come up to your room” I said, “sorry but it’s kind of late and anyhow, I don’t sleep with strangers anymore.” No, I don’t sleep with strangers anymore I’ve had my fill of one-night stands in cheap hotels with dust on the windowsill and you think it might be worth it for a moment while you’re touching oh but after you turn away then you know it was all for nothing well then he smiled like a man caught out confessed that he’d been hoping he said nothing was gained without a try and surely I had to agree that ships passing in the night could still bring each other comfort I said, “maybe, but for me it’s the harbour light of home I’m headed for” “won’t you let me come up to your room and we’ll sing and we’ll talk a while you know I’ve never met a lady quite like you before oh won’t you let me come up to your room” I said, “sorry but it’s kind of late and anyhow, I don’t sleep with strangers anymore” |
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Also recorded on Stringband’s Thanks to the
Following and their live album from the 1983 tour of the former Soviet Union Across Russia by Stage and also found on The Indispensable Stringband |
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