The Only Life Gloria Knows

歌詞

The smoke on the street from the hamburger stand, it's Hurting her nose and her eyes Each doorway's a bedroom for Gloria now And it's there that one day she may die She sells her papers without ( ? ? ) off her She sleeps every night in her clothes Gloria's out on the street tonight It's the only life Gloria knows Drinking, she'll dance for the man on her own, or She'll go for a ride in their car And the seat's nice and warm when you've stood for so long And those men ain't so bad before dark But they never pay much and their touch is so rough They say, she's no life in her soul Gloria's out on the street tonight It's the only life Gloria knows Her days on the street wear the shoes from her feet And the wind puts a knife in her arm She grabs at his throat and refuses a coat From a young man who means her no harm She loved to chat, if the kids will chat back But most of her time she's alone Gloria's out on the street tonight It's the only life Gloria knows [Instrumental] She misses her brother, can't speak to her mother Since her own father told her to go Evening is falling, she thinks about calling But something inside her says 'no' She spends her loose change on a bottle again Drinks it all down in one go Gloria's out on the street tonight It's the only life Gloria knows There's trouble in life between husband and wife And the bad days can bring you right down But be sure that you know where the little ones go And always have enough love to go 'round Gloria sleeps in a doorway And the wind bites her fingers and toes Gloria's out on the street tonight It's the only life Gloria knows Gloria's out on the street tonight It's the only life Gloria knows Gloria's out on the street tonight It's the only life Gloria knows