《Fred Partington’s Daughter》歌词

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

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

[00:00:11] Place going nowhere fast

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

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

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

[00:00:20] Above this smoky bar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:01:50] Gentlemen all day

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:02:26] Gentlemen all day

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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