Lou Reed — Ladies Pay

[Verse 1] All the sailors they are all home from leave And everybody's waiting for them to try to deceive The storekeepers have drawn their lace curtains bare And all the women and the wee young girls all waiting there [Chorus] Oh, but how the ladies pay Oh, if they only knew how the ladies pay Yeah now, how the ladies pay Oh, when the men they've gone away [Verse 2] Nobody is standing guard upon the door And nobody is feeding any of the poor The poor sick soldier lies in bed beside his girl Thinking of another place on the other side of this world Ah [Chorus] How the ladies pay Oh oh, oh, how the ladies pay When the men they've gone away Oh, I wish I knew how the ladies pay [Outro] Day and night, night and day How the ladies pay The day and night, night and day How the ladies pay Day and night, night and day Day and night Day and night and night and day, ladies pay now Night and day, day and night How the ladies pay Day and night, night and day How the ladies pay Day and night now Night and day and now How they pay now Oh, how they pay now Ladies pay, ladies pay Ah, ladies pay their way now Ladies pay, ah, ladies pay, ah, ladies pay Night and day, night and day, night and day Whoa, how the ladies pay Oh, night and day, night and day, night and day Whoa, how the ladies pay