Elton John

Sweet painted lady (Video) (Audio)

I'm back on dry land once again
Opportunity awaits me like a rat in the drain
We're all hunting honey with money to burn,
just a short time to show you the tricks that we've learned.

If the boys all behave themselves here,
well there's pretty young ladies and beer in the rear
You won't need a gutter to sleep in tonight
Oh, the prices I charge here will see you alright.

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So she lays down beside me again,
my sweet painted lady, the one with no name
Many have used her and many still do
There's a place in the world for a woman like you.



|: Oh, sweet painted lady*
Seems it's always been the same
Getting paid for being laid
Guess that's the name of the game :| (fine)

Forget us we'll have gone very soon
Just forget we ever slept in your room*
And we'll leave the smell of the sea in your bed*
Where love's just a job and nothing is said.

dal $egno al fine


*So wie ich es hier aufgeschrieben habe macht es Sinn, und so war es wohl auch gedacht, denn nur so reimt es sich auf "soon" bzw. "said". Allerdings sang die dicke, dumme, drogensüchtige Schwuchtel, die wohl keinen Sinn für so etwas hatte, schon in der Studioaufnahme "rooms" statt "room" und "beds" statt "bed" - über wieviele Räume und Betten sollte die "Lady" wohl verfügen? Beim Liveauftritt sang E.J. dann konsequent auch "sweet painted ladies", und so macht es wenigstens Sinn - allerdings bleibt der Reim versaut.

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