I'm back on dry land once again 
Opportunity awaits me like a rat in the drain 
We're all hunting honey with money to burn 
Just a short time to show you the tricks that we've learned 
 
If the boys all behave themselves here 
Well there's pretty young ladies and beer in the rear 
You won't need a gutter to sleep in tonight 
Oh the prices I charge here will see you alright 
 
So she lays down beside me again 
My sweet painted lady, the one with no name 
Many have used her and many still do 
There's a place in the world for a woman like you 
 
Oh sweet painted lady 
Seems it's always been the same 
Getting paid for being laid 
Guess that's the name of the game 
 
Forget us we'll have gone very soon 
Just forget we ever slept in your rooms 
And we'll leave the smell of the sea in your beds 
Where love's just a job and nothing is said