《Fred Partington’s Daughter》歌词

歌曲： Fred Partington’s Daughter

所属专辑：Waking Hours

歌手： Del Amitri

时长： 03:40

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Fred Partington's Daughter - Del Amitri[00:00:00]

I was sitting in this five star[00:00:09]

Place going nowhere fast[00:00:11]

When she caught my attention[00:00:13]

Through the bottom of my glass[00:00:15]

She was a waitress in the hotel[00:00:17]

Above this smoky bar[00:00:20]

She got up at dawn for breakfast[00:00:22]

And worked on 'til it got dark[00:00:24]

And at six o'clock when her shift was up[00:00:26]

She'd drink the night away[00:00:29]

Well wouldn't you if you served gentlemen all day[00:00:31]

Well she told me where she came[00:00:44]

From was a petty kind of town[00:00:46]

How her parents became born-agains after[00:00:48]

Her brother got knocked down[00:00:51]

And how she found the magazines[00:00:53]

In the boot of daddy's car[00:00:55]

And he told her he was weak sometimes [00:00:57]

Just like how all gentlemen are[00:01:00]

And in summer she'd work in his shop[00:01:02]

And then cry the night away[00:01:04]

Well wouldn't you if you served gentlemen all day[00:01:07]

So she left her home[00:01:19]

And family one cloudy afternoon[00:01:21]

And she came here with her girlfriend[00:01:24]

Who had found them both a room[00:01:26]

And everyday they'd wake up early[00:01:28]

And go looking for a wage[00:01:30]

In high-heels and makeup[00:01:33]

They would lie about their age[00:01:35]

With her first job as a barmaid[00:01:37]

She's just dream her shift away[00:01:39]

Well wouldn't you[00:01:42]

If you served gentlemen all day[00:01:44]

Gentlemen all day[00:01:50]

And one day by the dole office[00:01:55]

A car window rolled down[00:01:57]

And a gentleman asked for directions[00:01:59]

To her old home town[00:02:02]

And it transpired he knew her family[00:02:04]

And he owned a string of bars[00:02:06]

So he offered her a job[00:02:08]

If she would kiss him in his car[00:02:10]

So it was that she accepted[00:02:13]

His advance of one week's pay[00:02:15]

Well wouldn't you if you served gentlemen all day[00:02:18]

Gentlemen all day[00:02:26]

And as she told me all these tales[00:02:30]

She picked a scab around her wrist[00:02:32]

That she confessed it was self-inflicted[00:02:35]

With a whisky glass like this[00:02:37]

Then she game her name and number to me[00:02:39]

I did not give mine[00:02:42]

She said maybe I should call her[00:02:44]

For some fun some time[00:02:46]

And the funniest thing was[00:02:56]

That name stuck in my head[00:02:58]

And eight months later it was[00:03:01]

In a headline that I read[00:03:03]

They had pulled her out the river[00:03:05]

In that same black dress[00:03:07]

And she lay there quite the lady[00:03:09]

For the gentlemen of the press[00:03:11]

And her picture in the paper looked[00:03:15]

So small and far away[00:03:17]

Well wouldn't you if you served gentlemen all day[00:03:20]