The Hitter

Song The Hitter
Artist Dover
Album Late At Night

Lyrics

[00:01.12] Tom Jones - The Hitter
[00:03.06]
[00:09.28] Come to the door Ma, and unlock the chain
[00:17.63] I was just passin’ through and got caught in the rain
[00:26.40] There’s nothing I want, nothin’ that you need say
[00:34.46] Just let me lie down for a while and I’ll be on my way¡
[00:41.06]
[00:43.41] I was no more than a kid when you put me on the Southern Queen
[00:52.17] With the police on my back I fled to New Orleans
[01:01.63] I fought in the dockyards and with the money I made
[01:09.44] I knew the fight was my home and blood was my trade
[01:15.78]
[01:18.28] Baton Rouge, Poncitoula, and Lafayette town
[01:25.77] Well they paid me their money Ma I knocked the men down
[01:35.79] I did what I did well it come easily
[01:44.92] Restraint and mercy Ma were always strangers to me
[01:51.80]
[01:52.84] I fought champion Jack Thompson in a field full of mud
[02:00.68] Rain poured through the tent to the canvas and mixed with our blood
[02:10.40] In the twelfth I slipped my tongue over my broken jaw
[02:17.67] I stood over him and pounded his bloody body into the floor
[02:27.75] Well the bell rang and rang and still I kept on
[02:37.03] ‘Till I felt my glove leather slip ‘tween his skin and bone
[02:44.07]
[02:45.06] Then the women and the money came fast and the days I lost track
[02:53.62] The women red, the money green, but the numbers were black
[03:02.64] I fought for the men in their silk suits to lay down their bets
[03:11.21] I took my good share Ma, I have no regrets
[03:17.92]
[03:19.00] Then I took the fix at the state armory with big John McDowell
[03:28.62] From high in the rafters I watched myself fall
[03:36.60] As he raised his arm my stomach twisted and the sky it went black
[03:45.50] I stuffed my bag with their good money and I never looked back
[03:52.22]
[03:54.27] Understand, in the end Ma every man plays the game
[04:03.12] If you know me one different then speak out his name
[04:11.59] Ma if my voice now you don’t recognize
[04:20.37] Then just open the door and look into your dark eyes
[04:29.34] I ask of you nothin’, not a kiss not a smile,
[04:37.92] Just open the door and let me lie down for a while
[04:44.91]
[04:46.43] Now the gray rain’s fallin’ and my ring fightin’s done
[04:54.85] So in the work fields and alleys I take all who’ll come
[05:03.63] If you’re a better man than me then just step to the line
[05:09.80] Now there’s nothin’ I want Ma nothin’ that you need say
[05:29.34] Just let me lie down for a while and I’ll be on my way
[05:36.91]
[05:38.73] Tonight in the shipyard a man draws a circle in the dirt
[05:47.35] I move to the center and I take off my shirt
[05:55.86] I study him for the cuts, the scars, the pain,
[06:00.97] Man, nor the time can erase
[06:04.62] I move hard to the left and I strike to the face
[06:15.88]

Pinyin

[00:01.12] Tom Jones The Hitter
[00:03.06]
[00:09.28] Come to the door Ma, and unlock the chain
[00:17.63] I was just passin' through and got caught in the rain
[00:26.40] There' s nothing I want, nothin' that you need say
[00:34.46] Just let me lie down for a while and I' ll be on my way
[00:41.06]
[00:43.41] I was no more than a kid when you put me on the Southern Queen
[00:52.17] With the police on my back I fled to New Orleans
[01:01.63] I fought in the dockyards and with the money I made
[01:09.44] I knew the fight was my home and blood was my trade
[01:15.78]
[01:18.28] Baton Rouge, Poncitoula, and Lafayette town
[01:25.77] Well they paid me their money Ma I knocked the men down
[01:35.79] I did what I did well it come easily
[01:44.92] Restraint and mercy Ma were always strangers to me
[01:51.80]
[01:52.84] I fought champion Jack Thompson in a field full of mud
[02:00.68] Rain poured through the tent to the canvas and mixed with our blood
[02:10.40] In the twelfth I slipped my tongue over my broken jaw
[02:17.67] I stood over him and pounded his bloody body into the floor
[02:27.75] Well the bell rang and rang and still I kept on
[02:37.03] ' Till I felt my glove leather slip ' tween his skin and bone
[02:44.07]
[02:45.06] Then the women and the money came fast and the days I lost track
[02:53.62] The women red, the money green, but the numbers were black
[03:02.64] I fought for the men in their silk suits to lay down their bets
[03:11.21] I took my good share Ma, I have no regrets
[03:17.92]
[03:19.00] Then I took the fix at the state armory with big John McDowell
[03:28.62] From high in the rafters I watched myself fall
[03:36.60] As he raised his arm my stomach twisted and the sky it went black
[03:45.50] I stuffed my bag with their good money and I never looked back
[03:52.22]
[03:54.27] Understand, in the end Ma every man plays the game
[04:03.12] If you know me one different then speak out his name
[04:11.59] Ma if my voice now you don' t recognize
[04:20.37] Then just open the door and look into your dark eyes
[04:29.34] I ask of you nothin', not a kiss not a smile,
[04:37.92] Just open the door and let me lie down for a while
[04:44.91]
[04:46.43] Now the gray rain' s fallin' and my ring fightin' s done
[04:54.85] So in the work fields and alleys I take all who' ll come
[05:03.63] If you' re a better man than me then just step to the line
[05:09.80] Now there' s nothin' I want Ma nothin' that you need say
[05:29.34] Just let me lie down for a while and I' ll be on my way
[05:36.91]
[05:38.73] Tonight in the shipyard a man draws a circle in the dirt
[05:47.35] I move to the center and I take off my shirt
[05:55.86] I study him for the cuts, the scars, the pain,
[06:00.97] Man, nor the time can erase
[06:04.62] I move hard to the left and I strike to the face
[06:15.88]