Just a lady of the night
philip lacey 1956 (United Kingdom)
There’s petty talk and rumours going around the town
The neighbours she greets with silence they return with frowns
Handbag is almost empty just a cheap perfume
She goes in search of clients to bring back to her room
Just a lady of the night streetwalker streetwise
The dismal glow of red light just a lady of the night
He worked in the office of a local company
He lived at home with his mother no chance of breaking free
His relationship with women found it hard to relate
On his forty-second birthday he felt he’d left it late
But every Friday evening just after five-o-clock
He started up the engine and drove down to the docks
She always stood there waiting outside the hotel grand
She’d be his willing lover after money had changed hands
Just a lady of the night streetwalker streetwise
The dismal glow of red light just a lady of the night
She dreamed of lying on Caribbean beaches
Eating a diet of black grapes and peaches
Well away and beyond the reaches
Of the pimps and the pushers and all of those leeches
The door is kicked wide open her pimp enters the room
He hands to her white powder can’t find her veins too soon
He opens up her handbag takes out a roll of notes
But she’s oblivious to him as her mind begins to float
Checking under floorboards for money stashed away
She knows if he finds it she’ll really have to pay
On the last occasion, she tried to deceive
She spent a week recovering in the local infirmary
Just a lady of the night streetwalker streetwise
The dismal glow of red light just a lady of the night
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Submitted by musopa on May 09, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | xxaa BC ddeexxxx BC fffx axxxggxd BC |
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Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,516 |
Words | 288 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 2, 8, 2, 4, 8, 2 |
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