09958.TXT

                       Title : PEARL'S A SINGER

                        Artist : ELKIE BROOKS

                      Reference Number  : 0505 

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          PEARL'S A SINGER
          SHE STANDS UP WHEN SHE PLAYS THE PIANO IN A NIGHTCLUB
          PEARL'S A SINGER SHE SINGS SONGS 
          FOR THE LOST AND THE LONELY
          HER JOB IS ENTERTAININ' FOLKS
          SINGIN' SONGS AN' TELLIN' JOKES IN A NIGHTCLUB

        
          PEARL'S A SINGER AND THEY SAY 
          THAT SHE ONCE WAS A WINNER IN A CONTEST
          PEARL'S A SINGER AND THEY SAY 
          THAT SHE ONCE CUT A RECORD
          THEY PLAYED IT FOR A WEEK OR SO
          ON THE LOCAL RADIO IT NEVER MADE IT

        
          SHE WANTED TO BE BETTY GRABLE
          BUT NOW SHE SITS THERE AT THAT BEERSTAINED TABLE
          DREAMING OF THE THINGS SHE
          NEVER GOT TO DO ALL THOSE
          DREAMS THAT NEVER CAME TRUE    


          PEARL'S A SINGER SHE STANDS UP
          WHEN SHE PLAYS THE PIANO IN A NIGHTCLUB
          PEARL'S A SINGER SHE SINGS SONGS    
          FOR THE LOST AND THE LONELY
          HER JOB IS ENTERTAININ' FOLKS
          SINGIN' SONGS AN' TELLIN' JOLKS
          IN A NIGHTCLUB


          PEARL'S A SINGER
          SHE STANDS UP WHEN SHE PLAYS
          THE PIANO IN A NIGHTCLUB
          PEARL'S A SINGER
          SHE SINGS SONGS FOR THE LOST AND THE LONELY
          HER JOB IS ENTERTAININ' FOLKS
          SINGIN' SONGS AN' TELLIN' JOLKS IN A NIGHTCLUB