Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home) Lyrics

[Verse 1]
By the look in your eye
I can tell you're going to cry, is it over me?
If it is, save your tears
For I'm not worth it, you see

[Chorus]
For I'm the type of guy who is always on the roam
Wherever I lay my hat, that's my home
Yeah, yeah

[Verse 2]
You had a romance
Did you break it by chance over me?
If it's so, I'd like for you to know
That I'm not worth it, you see

[Chorus]
For I'm the type of guy who is always on the roam, yeah (Ooh)
Wherever I lay my hat, that's my home
Yeah

[Bridge]
You keep telling your friends that I'm your man (I'm your man)
What do I have to do to make you understand?
[Chorus]
I'm the type of guy that gives the girls the eye
Everybody knows
I love 'em and I leave 'em
Break their hearts and deceive them everywhere I go

[Chorus]
For I'm the type of guy who is always on the roam, yeah
Wherever I lay my hat, that's my home (That's my home)
That's my home (That's my home)
La la la la la, ooh (That's my home)

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A soul classic that was later famously covered in 1983 by British pop singer Paul Young, “Wherever I Lay My Hat” is sung from the unique perspective of a man who admits he’s nothing more than a shallow womanizer who won’t stay committed.

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