[00:00.90] Pearl's a singer
[00:04.47] She stands up, when she plays the piano in a nighclub
[00:16.18] Pearl's a singer
[00:19.61] She sings songs for the lost and the lonely
[00:27.67] Her job is entertaining folks
[00:32.10] Singing songs and telling jokes in a nightclub
[00:40.15] Pearl's a singer
[00:43.74] And they say, that she once, was a winner in a contest
[00:55.55] Pearl's a singer
[00:59.47] And they say, that she once cut a record
[01:07.07] They played it for a week or so
[01:11.34] On the local radio, it never made it
[01:20.87] She wanted to be Betty Grable
[01:28.67] But now she sits there at that beer-stained table
[01:36.48] Dreaming of the things she never got to do
[01:42.33] All those dreams that never came true
[01:50.33] Pearl's a singer
[01:53.98] She stands up when she plays the piano in a nightclub
[02:05.76] Pearl's a singer
[02:09.52] She sings songs for the lost and the lonely
[02:17.17] Her job is entertaining folks
[02:21.32] Singing songs and telling jokes in a nightclub
[02:29.46] Pearl's a singer
[02:34.70] She stands up when she plays the piano in a nightclub
[02:49.37] Pearl's a singer
[02:53.63] She sings songs for the lost and the lonely
[03:01.96] Her job is entertaining folks
[03:06.36] Singing songs, telling jokes in a nightclub
[03:27.31]
Elkie Brooks (born Elaine Bookbinder; 25 February 1945) is an English rock, blues and jazz singer. She was a vocalist with the bands Dada and Vinegar Joe, and later became a solo artist. She gained her biggest success in the late 1970s and 1980s, releasing 13 UK Top 75 singles, and reached the top ten with "Pearl's a Singer", "Sunshine After the Rain" (both 1977), "Fool (If You Think It's Over) (1981), and "No More the Fool" (1986). She has been nominated twice for the Brit Awards. Brooks is a...
