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There at the Top Lyrics
She's independent, she's a modern woman
She needs no prompting on her should and shouldn't
It's always bosses who wish she wouldn't
Files in the cabinet so neatly numerical
Makes all the clients so neatly alphabetical.
Turn of twenty-one
She's looking at a map--looking at a map--
And looking at her watch--looking at her watch--
Bags on the rack--bags on the rack
Seems like she's there,
Seems like she's there at the top,
Seems like she's there at the top.
There for her service, comfy red Granada
Up to the Midlands with a tape, Sinatra
Plans all the hotels and airway charters
Found under covers with some representative
The deal is effective but still only tentative.
Turn of twenty-one
She's looking at a map--looking at a map--
And looking at her watch--looking at her watch--
Bags on the rack--bags on the rack
Seems like she's there,
Seems like she's there at the top,
Seems like she's there at the top.
Shorthands a letter, heading on the paper
Slimlines her lunch break, will it ever make her
Slender and modern so all the men will take her
Back to the mirror in the Empress Hotel
Where the businessman smiles and the object to sell.
Turn of twenty-one
She's looking at a map--looking at a map--
And looking at her watch--looking at her watch--
Bags on the rack--bags on the rack
Seems like she's there,
Seems like she's there at the top,
Seems like she's there at the top.
She needs no prompting on her should and shouldn't
It's always bosses who wish she wouldn't
Files in the cabinet so neatly numerical
Makes all the clients so neatly alphabetical.
She's looking at a map--looking at a map--
And looking at her watch--looking at her watch--
Bags on the rack--bags on the rack
Seems like she's there,
Seems like she's there at the top,
Seems like she's there at the top.
Up to the Midlands with a tape, Sinatra
Plans all the hotels and airway charters
Found under covers with some representative
The deal is effective but still only tentative.
She's looking at a map--looking at a map--
And looking at her watch--looking at her watch--
Bags on the rack--bags on the rack
Seems like she's there,
Seems like she's there at the top,
Seems like she's there at the top.
Slimlines her lunch break, will it ever make her
Slender and modern so all the men will take her
Back to the mirror in the Empress Hotel
Where the businessman smiles and the object to sell.
She's looking at a map--looking at a map--
And looking at her watch--looking at her watch--
Bags on the rack--bags on the rack
Seems like she's there,
Seems like she's there at the top,
Seems like she's there at the top.
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By the use of "shorthands a letter" I get the feel of this being in the 50s. I mean, who was shorthanding in the 80s? Also, the sinatra reference. Interesting, the song is a picture of a mid century woman working her way to the top by sleeping with men.
@sandra1156 could be writing shorthand as "code" (passing notes in secret??)
@sandra1156 could be writing shorthand as "code" (passing notes in secret??)
I wrote shorthand (my own form) for uni notes, but don't think I ever wrote a letter to someone in it (they probably wouldn't have been able to understand most of it)
I wrote shorthand (my own form) for uni notes, but don't think I ever wrote a letter to someone in it (they probably wouldn't have been able to understand most of it)
Here's another song from Argybargy with a nice tune but dark subject-matter. So is she actually a call-girl, or merely crossing the line by using sex as a business tool? I tend to think she's a call-girl. "Slender and modern so all the men will take her"? Sounds like it to me, especially because she was "[f]ound under covers with some representative". Why she went "[b]ack to the mirror in the Empress Hotel" presumably was to get herself in condition "so all the men will take her". So if she's not a call-girl, who are these "clients" for whom she's doing this stuff, and what is her trade?
I don't think she's a call girl. I think she's a businesswoman sleeping her way up the ladder. It "seems like" she's there at the top, but in reality she has to watch her diet and keep herself pretty in order to keep selling. From outward appearances she seems to have it all together, but privately she's a sellout and a whore. I think the song meaning is that sometimes things aren't as great as they seem and it might appear someone has it all, but in reality they're paying a heavy price and their success wont last...
I don't think she's a call girl. I think she's a businesswoman sleeping her way up the ladder. It "seems like" she's there at the top, but in reality she has to watch her diet and keep herself pretty in order to keep selling. From outward appearances she seems to have it all together, but privately she's a sellout and a whore. I think the song meaning is that sometimes things aren't as great as they seem and it might appear someone has it all, but in reality they're paying a heavy price and their success wont last forever.