Island Girl Lyrics
Down where Lexington cross 47th Street
She's a big girl, she's standing six foot three
Turning tricks for the dudes in the big city
What you wanting with the white man's world
Island girl
Black boy want you in his island world
He want to take you from the racket boss
He want to save you but the cause is lost
Island girl, island girl, island girl
Tell me what you wanting with the white man's world
And she wrap herself around you like a well worn tire
You feel her nail scratch your back just like a rake
He one more gone, he one more John who make the mistake
You guys. Guys. The lyric is straightforward but if you listen to the soundscape you will hear the twinge of irony. This is one of his most rockin' albums...let's not sully it, ya?
Any song about a hooker is an instant classic as far as I'm concerned ;)
Is this song really about a prostitute? Can anyone confirm this? Haha
I believe that this song is about a woman who comes from Jamaica and finds out her only way to make a living is to prostitute herself. Meanwhile there are a lot of men back in Jamaica that would love to take her for a wife. However, she's stuck in her prostitution life wherever she's gone. JMO
@SteelyDan This is exactly right. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_Girl
@SteelyDan This is exactly right. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_Girl
I also want to add that the final line sounds like she kills her Johns after they have sex with her.
The song is about a male transsexual prostitute.
obviously reginald just did not like anyone who isn't white [preferably European] and this was a veiled way of staying 'stay right where you are'
@exobscura Anyone who knows ANYTHING about Elton John knows he doesn’t write the lyrics.
@exobscura Anyone who knows ANYTHING about Elton John knows he doesn’t write the lyrics.
@exobscura Elton (or Reginald as it were) doesn't even write the lyrics. That would be Bernie Taupin.
@exobscura Elton (or Reginald as it were) doesn't even write the lyrics. That would be Bernie Taupin.