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Ladies Of The Road Lyrics
A flower lady's daughter
As sweet as holy water
Said: "I'm the school reporter
Please teach me", well I taught her.
Two fingered levi'd sister
Said, "Peace", I stopped I kissed her.
Said, "I'm a male resister",
I smiled and just unzipped her.
High diving chinese trender
Black hair and black suspender
Said, "Please me no surrender
Just love to feel your Fender".
All of you know that the girls of the road
Are like apples you stole in your youth.
All of you know that the girls of the road
Been around but are versed in the truth.
Stone-headed Frisco spacer
Ate all the meat I gave her
Said would I like to taste hers
And even craved the flavour
"Like marron-glaced fish bones
Oh lady hit the road!"
All of you know that the girls of the road
Are like apples you stole in your youth.
All of you know that the girls of the road
Been around but are versed in the truth.
As sweet as holy water
Said: "I'm the school reporter
Please teach me", well I taught her.
Said, "Peace", I stopped I kissed her.
Said, "I'm a male resister",
I smiled and just unzipped her.
Black hair and black suspender
Said, "Please me no surrender
Just love to feel your Fender".
Are like apples you stole in your youth.
All of you know that the girls of the road
Been around but are versed in the truth.
Ate all the meat I gave her
Said would I like to taste hers
And even craved the flavour
Oh lady hit the road!"
Are like apples you stole in your youth.
All of you know that the girls of the road
Been around but are versed in the truth.
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Submitted by
ruben On Jun 09, 2002
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The four songs from the album "Islands" are four different perspectives on love. The first depicts romantic love, the second jealous love, the third, this one, depicts playful sexual and sensual love, and the last song depicts universal love.
This entire song is intended to be considered humorous. Although the situations may have actually occurred, they are described in a lighthearted way using many puns and double entendres, such as "feel your Fender" referring to the rock star's guitar or alternatively some unnamed body part. In spite of the obvious sexual connotations of almost every line, no explicit sexual terms are used. The closest it gets is the term "meat" in the last verse. In fact, each verse gets a little more explicit than the previous one. The last verse is a clear depiction of sexual activities with very little left to the imagination.
The words of the song as sung on the recording are very slightly different from the words on the album jacket; I believe this listing shows the album jacket poem, which is OK.
Seems like a song about groupies and the different types of ladies and situations a band would encounter on the road.
This song manages to sound like early pink floyd, beatles, and a handful of other 60's/70's artists in one song...its insane
Dirty, dirty, dirty! Didn't expect KC to get this nasty. I like the second verse, where he spears the feminist movement. "I just smiled..." CREEPY!
@Juniper Prism you realize that is Peter sinfield which was apparently asked to leave Out the Band For this Sexual imagery
@Juniper Prism you realize that is Peter sinfield which was apparently asked to leave Out the Band For this Sexual imagery
@Juniper Prism you realize that is Peter sinfield which was apparently asked to leave Out the Band For this Sexual imagery
@Juniper Prism you realize that is Peter sinfield which was apparently asked to leave Out the Band For this Sexual imagery
I saw them perform this live in Brighton back in 73 (or 74 - somewhere around then) during their Islands promotional tour. Fripp introduced it as a song about groupies - the Ladies of the Road of somewhat dubious morals that all bands came across
Sorry, make that 71 or 72 (gets a bit hazy these days...)
Sleazy, jazzy, and just plain great. The sax is alive in this one.
It sounds like Alan Oldie is spot on in his interpretation.
"Two fingered levi'd sister" is probably the dirtiest phrase used in rock. AC/DC take a cue.
Hello guys.
I´m sorry, but what is "levi'd"? I speak spanish and can´t find that not even in google. Thanks
Levi'd means she was wearing Levi blue jeans.
Levi'd means she was wearing Levi blue jeans.
Can someone explain the meaning of “Been around but are versed in the truth”?
I do understand both parts of the sentence but what is the "but" for?
I do understand both parts of the sentence but what is the "but" for?
@gregorykt5 : "but", here is a linker of contrast. as if for example "I like football but i don´t like hockey" The problem is that from the grammatical point of view should have been : "girls of the road have been around, but are they versed in the truth?
@gregorykt5 : "but", here is a linker of contrast. as if for example "I like football but i don´t like hockey" The problem is that from the grammatical point of view should have been : "girls of the road have been around, but are they versed in the truth?