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Post by BiteUrLip on Mar 16, 2018 0:58:02 GMT
Music: Elton John
Lyrics: Bernie Taupin
Piano and vocals: Elton John
Bass: Dee Murray
Acoustic guitar: Davey Johnstone
Drums and tambourine: Nigel Olsson
Orchestral arrangements: Del Newman
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
chorus:
Oh sweet painted lady
Seems it's always been the same
Getting paid for being laid
Guess that's the name of the game
(repeat chorus)
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
(repeat chorus)
(repeat chorus)
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Post by BiteUrLip on Mar 16, 2018 0:58:28 GMT
The hardest track to like for me from GYBR. Still fine. 4 stars.
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Post by dougs on Mar 16, 2018 12:50:33 GMT
"Sweet Painted Lady" from GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD:
A beautifully orchestrated (Del Newman) song with a nice melody. It is one that I don't turn to a lot but when I listen to the entire GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD album I always enjoy it. Bernie was writing interesting stories at this time.
Rating: 4 stars
Doug
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Post by rocketman on Mar 16, 2018 18:54:11 GMT
Good song, the first song on perhaps the best album side in the Elton John catalog. 4 stars.
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Post by newloneranger on Mar 17, 2018 19:03:55 GMT
Not bad, 4 stars
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Post by BiteUrLip on Mar 17, 2018 19:57:14 GMT
5 persons all agreeing, I see...
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Post by Commodore Orpington on Mar 24, 2018 10:04:39 GMT
Easy 5. Great line: "Opportunity awaits me like a rat in a drain."
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Post by kissybissy on May 5, 2018 23:13:28 GMT
4 stars.
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Post by nix on Aug 7, 2019 11:43:59 GMT
5 stars Different, but like most songs from GYBR, it's brilliant song.
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