Dirty Little Girl

Album: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
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  • I've seen a lot of women who haven't had much luck
    I've seen you looking like you've been run down by a truck
    That ain't nice to say, sometimes I guess I'm really hard
    But I'm gonna put buckshot in your pants if you step into my yard

    When I watch the police come by and move you on
    Well, I sometimes wonder what's beneath the mess you've become
    Well, you may have been a pioneer in the trade of women's wear
    But all you got was a mop-up job washing other people's stairs

    How she do it, how she do it, how she do it, oh
    I'm gonna tell the world, you're a dirty little girl
    Someone grab that bitch by the ears
    Rub her down, scrub her back
    Turn her inside out
    'Cause I bet she, I bet she
    I bet she
    Oh, I bet she hasn't had a bath in years

    Here's my own belief about all the dirty girls
    That you have to clean the oyster to find the pearl
    And like rags that belong to you I belong to myself
    So don't show up around here till your social worker's helped

    How she do it, how she do it, how she do it, oh
    I'm gonna tell the world, you're a dirty little girl
    Someone grab that bitch by the ears
    Rub her down, scrub her back
    Turn her inside out
    'Cause I bet she, oh, I bet she
    Let me tell you now, I bet she
    Oh, I bet she hasn't had a bath in years

    Oh, oh
    Ah, ah
    Yes, I bet she, oh, I bet she
    Oh, now, I bet she, yeah I bet she
    Oh, I bet she hasn't had a bath in years Writer/s: Bernie Taupin, Elton John
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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  • Chezchez from New York, NyStill great album after all these yearsssssssssss
    - chezchez, Bronx, NY
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