Elton John - Sweet Painted Lady lyrics

Music by elton john<br>Lyrics by bernie taupin<br>Available on the album goodbye yellow brick road<br><br>I'm back on dry land once again<br>Opportunity awaits me like a rat in the drain<br>We're all hunting honey with money to burn<br>Just a short time to show you the tricks that we've learned<br><br>If the boys all behave themselves here<br>Well there's pretty young ladies and beer in the rear<br>You won't need a gutter to sleep in tonight<br>Oh the prices I charge here will see you alright<br><br>So she lays down beside me again<br>My sweet painted lady, the one with no name<br>Many have used her and many still do<br>There's a place in the world for a woman like you<br><br>Oh sweet painted lady<br>Seems it's always been the same<br>Getting paid for being laid<br>Guess that's the name of the game<br><br>Forget us we'll have gone very soon<br>Just forget we ever slept in your rooms<br>And we'll leave the smell of the sea in your beds<br>Where love's just a job and nothing is said