Elton John - Sweet Painted Lady: lyrics and video
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userfantastic use to listen to this song all the time, didn't realise it was about lady's of the night lol was very young at the time!
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He wrote the best songs when he was poor, maybe becoming rich kills your soul
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Bernie & Elton already were wealthy when they wrote this. Together they wrote so many great songs but eventually the creativity is gone. Check out Scorpions: Your last song, singer & Guitarist just turned 60 also Humanity, Remember the good times,The cross,We will rise again,White Dove,We were born to fly,The game of life,New Generation,& My city my town...All of thse songs are by Scorpions If you like melody you will like these gems
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An ok live performance (which I had not ever seen before), but I prefer the orchestrated original on the album. Think I will play it now...GREAT SONG!
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Ahoy, I cant believe it. small world. Long time ago.
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A song i loved long before i understood..
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Lol my mom used to play this when i was like 5.
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painted ladies are the best, you don't have to make promises you are only lying about..if you can pay for it you can have it..indeed ;)
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I think he was sober during the tour of 1976, hence the reason why this performance or should I say concert is so good, and any other concert fails. And this was a time where his voice and talent was at all time high for him. And reason why he looks so vulnerable here, is because he only weighed 134 and that's thin!
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Lyrics:
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
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
Oh, sweet painted lady
Seems it's always been the same
Getting paid for being laid
Guess that's the name of the game, oh
Forget us we'll have gone very soon
Just forget we ever slept in your rooms
And we'll leave the smell of the sea in your beds
Where love's just a job and nothing is said
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
Oh, sweet painted lady
Seems it's always been the same
Getting paid for being laid
Guess that's the name of the game, oh
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
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
Oh, sweet painted lady
Seems it's always been the same
Getting paid for being laid
Guess that's the name of the game, oh
Forget us we'll have gone very soon
Just forget we ever slept in your rooms
And we'll leave the smell of the sea in your beds
Where love's just a job and nothing is said
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
Oh, sweet painted lady
Seems it's always been the same
Getting paid for being laid
Guess that's the name of the game, oh
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