Just A Working Girl lyrics
by PJ Harvey
A sixteen year old virgin out drinking with his mates
And a maiden with a key to the pearly gates
Signs his fake name in illegible scrawl
And a right-on type, the most ashamed of all
Just a working girl
Schemes and missed appointments
Just a working girl
Dreams and disappointments
A fishmonger who hasn't lost for a week
A graphic artist who rinses so much he squeaks
And a butcher with naughty knuckles and a potted belly
Medical students, all schoolboy chuckles and petroleum jelly
Just a working girl
Schemes and missed appointments
Just a working girl
Dreams and disappointments
The overalls of bricklayеrs on a Saturday night
The suit of glum professionals with mid-week blight
The glassеs of computer freaks who've laid their software down
And the arses of accountants heaving up and down
Up and down
Just a working girl
Schemes and missed appointments
Just a working girl
Dreams and disappointments
A sales assistant with his petty hand in the till
The gasman is collecting just one more bill
A headmaster with a polaroid and a pleated uniform
The nightwatchman stops by quickly on his long walk home
Just a working girl
Schemes and missed appointments
Just a working girl
Dreams and disappointments
Just a working girl
Creams and dull apartments
Just a working girl
Schemes and missed appointments
Just a working girl
Dreams and disappointments
Dreams and disappointments
Dreams and disappointments