Pearl's A Singer

Album: Two Days Away (1977)
Charted: 8
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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 entertaining folks
    Singing songs and telling 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 beer stained 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 entertaining folks
    Singing songs and telling jokes
    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 entertaining folks
    Singing songs and telling jokes
    In a nightclub Writer/s: JERRY LEIBER, JOHN SEMBELLO, MIKE STOLLER, RALPH PALLADINO
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Heather from SpainMsg to Dawn Rusko - Philly, Re the song Pearls a singer, for years I have been lead to believe it was about a relative of mine called Pearl White. I have never been able to confirm this. Maybe you can help as I know stories over the years get a bit twisted & bare nothing to the real truth.
  • Dawn Rusko from PhillyHere's the real fact about the song... My dad wrote the song Leiber and Stoller wrote the bridge. It was completely my dad's genius. PEARL'S A SINGER is about Janis Joplin NOT friggin Betty Grable. That's the REAL truth about the REAL story of the song. I have lots more concerning real stories about Dino and Sembello songs.
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