All the sailors they're all home from leave And everybody's waiting for them to try to deceive The storekeepers have drawn their lace curtains bare And all the women and the wee young girls all waiting there Ooooh, but how the ladies pay Oh, if they only knew how the ladies pay Yeah, now, now, the ladies pay Oh, when the men, they've gone away Nobody is standing on upon the door And nobody is feeding any of the poor The poor, sick soldier lies in bed beside his girl Thinking of another place on the other side of the world Ah, how the ladies pay Oh, oh, how the ladies pay When the men, they've gone away Oh, I wish, I knew how the ladies pay Day and night, night and day How the ladies pay Day and night, night and day, night and day Ladies pay, now ...
