Pearl's a singer She stands up, when she plays the piano in a nighclub Pearl's a singer She sings songs for the lost and the lonely Her job is entertaining folks Singing songs and telling jokes in a nightclub Pearl's a singer And they say, that she once, was a winner in a contest Pearl's a singer And they say, that she once cut a record They played it for a week or so On the local radio, it never made it She wanted to be Betty Grable But now she sits there at that beer-stained table Dreaming of the things she never got to do All those dreams that never came true Pearl's a singer She stands up when she plays the piano in a nightclub Pearl's a singer She sings songs for the lost and the lonely Her job is entertaining folks Singing songs and telling jokes in a nightclub Pearl's a singer She stands up when she plays the piano in a nightclub Pearl's a singer She sings songs for the lost and the lonely Her job is entertaining folks Singing songs, telling jokes in a nightclub