Stan Ridgway - The Last Honest Man lyrics

A crowd came in and sat down Then a man began to yell About savin' souls to heaven And for the sinner, there was hell But later on that night In a hotel room down the road He kept his meeting for a cat-o-nine beating From a leather-clad man named moe Chorus: An honest man We're looking for the last honest man An honest man We're looking for (keep searchin' for) the last honest man There's a man who moves the ma**es On a big-city radio dial He shouts and screams at all he's seen Runs a talk show like a trial And there's a bartender keepin' secrets About a boxer that took a dive And in an office way uptown, a deal is goin' down That could get somebody four to five Chorus repeat x2 Now we'll keep looking high and low And we'll keep searching 'round Is everybody, everyone Dishonest in this town? Well, they'll stab you in the back You get a handshake and a smile But if one don't get ya, the other one will And ya gotta walk that mile, lookin' for Chorus repeat x3