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Hey Big Spender Lyrics
The minute you walked in the joint
I could see you were a man of distinction.
A real big spender,
Good lookin', so refined.
Say, wouldn't you like to know
What's goin on in my mind?
So let me get to the point.
I don't pop my cork for every guy I see.
Hey big spender,
Spend a little time with me.
Wouldn't you like to have fun, fun, fun?
How's about a few laughs, laughs, laughs?
I can show you a good time.
Let me show you a good time.
The minute you walked in the joint
I could see you were a man of distinction.
A real big spender,
Good lookin', so refined.
Say, wouldn't you like to know
What's goin on in my mind?
So let me get to the point.
I don't pop my cork for every guy I see.
Hey big spender,
Hey big spender,
Hey big spender,
Spend a little time with me.
This is such a fun song and it was soooo popular even before my time. It's not a song about love. It's a song about a woman looking for opportunity, and she's found it with a man of means...he has money and distinction, so she's willing and able to spend time with him. In essence, it's kind of like a song about prostitution, just a different kind. Makes me think of all the times I see old men with hair pieces in sports cars...and a young blond bombshell sitting beside him in the car. He could very well be a great catch minus his money, but the odds aren't that great for him should his money disappear. (Man, I have generalized:)
This is what Wiki says about the song: "Big Spender" is a song written by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields for the musical Sweet Charity, first performed in 1966. It is sung, in the musical, by the dance hostess "girls"; it was choreographed by Bob Fosse for the Broadway musical and the film.[1] It is "set to the beat of a striptease" as the girls "taunt" the customers. A hit version of the song by Shirley Bassey reached #21 in the UK Singles Chart in December 1967. This version featured in the 2004 film The Life and Death of Peter...
This is what Wiki says about the song: "Big Spender" is a song written by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields for the musical Sweet Charity, first performed in 1966. It is sung, in the musical, by the dance hostess "girls"; it was choreographed by Bob Fosse for the Broadway musical and the film.[1] It is "set to the beat of a striptease" as the girls "taunt" the customers. A hit version of the song by Shirley Bassey reached #21 in the UK Singles Chart in December 1967. This version featured in the 2004 film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, and in the 2005 film Nynne. PEGGY LEE recorded the song in 1966. Her rendition became a hit on the US Easy Listening chart in that year."