# Elton John - Sweet Painted Lady



这首歌的主角是一位带着一大笔钱“重回陆地”的水手，没错，这些钱是给妓女们准备的。《Sweet Painted Lady》是专辑《Goodbye Yellow Brick Road》中极为出彩的一首作品。这张专辑被公认为是Elton John和Bernie Taupin的杰作。他们的另一首作品《Island Girl》也跟我们这个主题有关，讲了关于一个身高一米九、性别模糊的牙买加妓女的故事。

# Elton John - Sweet Painted Lady 歌词

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

Songwriters
JOHN, ELTON / TAUPIN, BERNIE