Island Girl Lyrics
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.