i'm back on dry land once again

opportunity awaits me

like a rat in the drain

we're all hunting honey

with money to burn

just a short time to show you

the tricks that we've learned

if the boys all behave themselves here

well there's pretty young ladies

and beer in the rear

you won't need a gutter

to sleep in tonight

oh the prices i charge here

will see you alright

so she lays down beside me again

my sweet painted lady

the one with no name

many have used her and many still do

there's a place in the world

for a woman like you

oh sweet painted lady

seems it's always been the same

getting paid for being laid

guess that's the name of the game

oh sweet painted lady

seems it's always been the same

getting paid for being laid

guess that's the name of the game

oh whoa

forget us we'll have gone very soon

just forget we ever slept in your rooms

and we'll leave the smell

of the sea in your beds

where love's just a job

and nothing is said

so she lays down beside me again

my sweet painted lady

the one with no name

many have used her and many still do

there's a place in the world

for a woman like you

oh sweet painted lady

seems it's always been the same

getting paid for being laid

guess that's the name of the game

oh sweet painted lady

seems it's always been the same

getting paid for being laid

guess that's the name of the game

oh whoa