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Hangdog Hotel Room

This version of Hangdog Hotel Room was released by Gordon Lightfoot in 1978.

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I go in for singing, I do it for my pay
But the kind of gig I can really dig is swiggin’ at the break of day
With a few good friends and neighbors into playin’ the nighttime tunes
So pass the jar and that old guitar in this hangdog hotel room

Oh Lord it feels so good to play a nighttime tune
So pass the jar and that old guitar in this hangdog hotel room

I believe in magic, a little monkeyshines
But the kind of row I can really hoe is playin’ in tune on time
With rhythms all around us we’re like weavers at the loom
So pass the jar and that old guitar in this hangdog hotel room

Oh Lord it feels so good to play a nighttime tune
So pass the jar and that old guitar in this hangdog hotel room

When it comes to mornin’ and goin’ out at night
Well the kind of test that I like the best is rubbin’ the wrong girl right
And a few good friends and neighbors into playin’ the nighttime tunes
So pass the jar and that old guitar in this hangdog hotel room

Oh Lord it feels so good to play a nighttime tune
So pass the jar and that old guitar in this hangdog hotel room
With rhythms all around us we’re like weavers at the loom
So pass the jar and that old guitar in this hangdog hotel room

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Gordon Lightfoot has released many songs over the years besides Hangdog Hotel Room. Gordon Lightfoot released songs from 1966 to 2004 spanning across albums like Lightfoot!, The Way I Feel, Back Here On Earth, Did She Mention My Name, Sunday Concert, Sit Down Young Stranger / If You Could Read My Mind, Summer Side Of Life, Don Quixote, Old Dan's Records, Sundown, Cold On The Shoulder, Summertime Dream, Endless Wire, Dream Street Rose, Shadows, Salute, East Of Midnight, Waiting For You, A Painter Passing Through, and Harmony. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Gordon Lightfoot.

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The lyrics to Hangdog Hotel Room are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Gordon Lightfoot in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to Hangdog Hotel Room are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Gordon Lightfoot and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Hangdog Hotel Room back when it was created.

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