Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On

by Leonard Cohen

From the album: Death of a Ladies' Man

Duration: 5:38

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Lyrics for Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On

I was born in a beauty salon My father was a dresser of hair My mother was a girl you could call on When you called, she was always there When you called, she was always there When you called, she was always there When you called, she was always there When you called, she was always there Ah, but don't go home with your hard-on It will only drive you insane You can't shake it or break it with your Motown You can't melt it down in the rain You can't melt it down in the rain You can't melt it down in the rain You can't melt it down in the rain I've looked behind all of these faces That smile, you're down to your knees And the lips that say, "Come on, taste us" And when you try to, they make you say, "Please" When you try to, they make you say, "Please" When you try to, they make you say, "Please" When you try to, they make you say, "Please" When you try to, they make you say, "Please" Ah, but don't go home with your hard-on It will only drive you insane You can't shake it or break it with your Motown You can't melt it down in the rain You can't melt it down in the rain (You can't melt it down in the rain) You can't melt it down in the rain (You can't melt it down in the rain) You can't melt it down in the rain (You can't melt it down in the rain) Here come's your bride with her veil on Approach her, you wretch, if you dare Approach her, you ape with your tail on Once you have her, she'll always be there Once you have her, she'll always be there Once you have her, she'll always be there Once you have her, she'll always be there Once you have her, she'll always be there Ah, but don't go home with your hard-on It will only drive you insade You can't shake it or break it with your Motown You can't melt it down in the rain You can't melt it down in the rain (You can't melt it down in the rain) You can't melt it down in the rain (You can't melt it down in the rain) You can't melt it down in the rain (You can't melt it down in the rain) So I work in that same beauty salon I'm chained to the old masquerade The lipstick, the shadow, the silicone I follow my father's trade I follow my father's trade I follow my father's trade I follow my father's trade I follow my father's trade Ah, but don't go home with your hard-on It will only drive you insane You can't shake it or break it with your Motown You can't melt it down in the rain You can't melt it down in the rain (You can't melt it down in the rain) You can't melt it down in the rain (You can't melt it down in the rain) You can't melt it down in the rain (You can't melt it down in the rain) You can't melt it down in the rain (You can't melt it down in the rain) You can't melt it down in the rain (You can't melt it down in the rain) You can't melt it down in the rain (You can't melt it down in the rain) You can't melt it down in the rain (You can't melt it down in the rain) You can't melt it down in the rain (You can't melt it down in the rain)

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