When I was a young boy, pride of my family And my mama used to hang me out to dry You know the boy couldn't have it Sometimes he just had to find A hiding place to hang his head and cry Talking about a hiding place, hiding place Little bit of shelter from the blues Here I am as a young man, my feet out on the highway Summer breeze to tell me what to do I might meet a young lady and stop off for a while Reality thought blowing through Talking about a hiding place, hiding place A little bit of shelter from the blues And it ain't no disgrace if you gotta hide your face We all need the hiding place to get us through Yes, we do Oh, I can tell the difference between right and wrong I can't always tell which one's best for me But I know this dirty city like the back of my dirty hand And still can't seem to find no sanity Now I'm looking out a window and you are looking in And we both are thinking and we like just what we see You say you can't be certain, baby, what I see in you But you're [Incomprehensible] what you see in me Talking about a hiding place, a hiding place Just a little bit of shelter from the blues And it ain't no disgrace if you got to hide your face We all need a hiding place to get us through Talking about a hiding place, hiding place We all need a hiding place to get us through
When I was a young boy, pride of my family And my mama used to hang me out to dry You know the boy couldn't have it Sometimes he just had to find A hiding place to hang his head and cry Talking about a hiding place, hiding place Little bit of shelter from the blues Here I am as a young man, my feet out on the highway Summer breeze to tell me what to do I might meet a young lady and stop off for a while Reality thought blowing through Talking about a hiding place, hiding place A little bit of shelter from the blues And it ain't no disgrace if you gotta hide your face We all need the hiding place to get us through Yes, we do Oh, I can tell the difference between right and wrong I can't always tell which one's best for me But I know this dirty city like the back of my dirty hand And still can't seem to find no sanity Now I'm looking out a window and you are looking in And we both are thinking and we like just what we see You say you can't be certain, baby, what I see in you But you're [Incomprehensible] what you see in me Talking about a hiding place, a hiding place Just a little bit of shelter from the blues And it ain't no disgrace if you got to hide your face We all need a hiding place to get us through Talking about a hiding place, hiding place We all need a hiding place to get us through
