Here Comes The Hustler

(album: Tenement Steps - 1980)

You know you've got a lot to say
But all you see is yesterday
They want to hear you talk about today
You make it like you're ten feet tall
A man who thinks he knows it all
But all they ever see is you're a fool

They don't believe a word you say
You know, you know it but still you blow it
You think you're showing them the way

Here comes the hustler, he comes and goes
Treading on people's toes
Spends all your money with perfect ease
Keeps you in total misery
He has no friend, where will it end
He has no friend, where will it end

He talks to you down the barrel of a gun
He makes you listen to his mother's son
He's a one man bandit, yes he's the one
If you see him riding into town today
Just lock your doors and hide away
He's the lone investigator on the run

They don't believe a word he say
He knows, he knows it but still he blows it
He thinks he's showing them the way

Here comes the hustler, he comes and goes
Treading on people's toes
Spends all your money with perfect ease
Keeps you in total misery
He has no friend, where will it end
He has no friend, where will it end
(Where will it end)

Where will it end
He has no friend, where will it end
He has no friend, where will it end
He has no friend, where will it end
He has no friend, where will it end