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Elly
136
Rock
Elly was released on September 4, 1992 by Cooking Vinyl as a part of the album Hidden Things
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Release DateSeptember 4, 1992
LabelCooking Vinyl
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM127

Lyrics

Ellie wrapped her nineteen years in a coat from '41
She had the looks that would make a grown man cry
From the Diamantina River country she crossed the dry Midwest
From her childhood dreams and sheltered schemes she cut the ties
The commercial man made blunt demands as they travelled south by east
Ellie turned into a woman overnight
Then he set her down in the heart of town, a millionaire's retreat
She gazed up at the tall glass concrete
Walls of Main Street's surfers' paradise
If the deck's been marked before the deal you learn to compromise
Get to know the cool hand with the dice
Learn to live off losers 'cause they make their mistakes twice
You're living in high society but you're streetwise
Just to survive, hard town mama, ooh, just to survive
With her bay blue eyes and centerfold looks, man she stacked them in
All the senators and doctors called her Madame
With her fifteen girls she built a world, a pleasure paradise
On what a man of God would call the wages of sin
Now if the deck's been marked before the deal you learn to compromise
Get to know the cool hand with the dice
Learn to live off losers 'cause they make their mistakes twice
You're living in high society but you're streetwise
Just to survive, hard town mama, ooh, just to survive
Now a wealthy woman drinks with diamond rings
She sits twenty stories high
And gazes out as the sun lifts from the sea
To make it to the top Ellie sacrificed a lot
And found the seven-figure sum much too high a fee
If the deck's been marked before the deal you learn to compromise
Get to know the cool hand with the dice
Learn to live off losers 'cause they make their mistakes twice
You're living in high society but you're streetwise
Just to survive, hard town mama, ooh, just to survive
Hard town mama, ooh, just to survive
Written by: Kev Carmody
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