2003-05-11 Brooklyn, NY | Barbès

Recorded by pattivill:

opening
Paris
interlude
Carbon Monoxide
interlude
'woolen gloves'
interlude
One-String Blues
interlude
Happy Hooker
interlude
Dusseldorf
interlude
Ghost of Corporate Future
interlude
Prisoners
interlude
The Bronx
interlude
'dust to dust'
interlude
Dance Anthem of the 80s
interlude
Better
interlude
'be like a cloud'
interlude
Aching to Pupate
interlude
Music Box
interlude
Your Honor
interlude
Silly Eye Color Generalizations
closing

Happy Hooker

Written by: regina spektor

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Lyrics (fan transcription):

I've been looking at you all night long
I've been looking at you all night long
you with your street-walking shoes and your street-walking eyes
I see nothing wrong

but don't look at me that way, baby
I can't help you, my life is just a melody and chords
don't look at me that way, baby
I can't help you, my life is just a melody and chords
I go home so broke and lonely every night, all I got in my pocket are
these rhyming words and more words and more words

besides, here comes your baby
better look away
better give her a kiss and buy her a glass of chardonnay

don't worry about me, baby
I'm just what you might call a-live entertainment
but I stopped caring a long time ago, I don't give a fuck
cause it pays the rent

I'm just a happy hooker riding bicycles and boys in the park
never was much of a looker but always knew my way around in the dark
loving's just a pastime, singing's just a pastime too
this whole life is just a pasttime and we're passing right through

but I've been looking at you all night long
I've been looking at you all night long
you with your street-walking shoes and your street-walking eyes
I see nothing wrong...
I see nothing at all