acho que nunca aqui a referi, mas rickie lee tem algumas canções que são da minha vida. lembro-me bem do primeiro disco ter aparecido no final dos anos setenta e desse romance exageradamente excessivo com tom waits. e continuo a gostar imenso deste quase-azul. 

There was a Joe


Leanin' on the back door


A couple Jills with their eyes on a couple bills


Their eyes was statin'


They was waitin'


To get their hands on some easy money

They flipped a dime


One said " well, I'll take heads this time"


One stepped up


One stepped back


One loosened her shoulder strap


She couldn't speak,


Her knees got weak


She could almost taste that easy money

There was this old black cat


Sittin' in an old black cadillac


The Joe smelled sweet


She curled up at her boyfriend's feet


She said "I got a plan


Listen, Sam, how'd ya like to make some Easy Money?"


He say, "Yes! Oh Yes!


Jus' tell me what you want me to do"


She said, "Baby, you can trust me


Baby, but you must be hidin' in my room


At a quarter to two"


Well, the cat told the boy


"Come up to the room and play with my toy"


But the Jill set the bait


And she wasn't gonna sit around and wait


But this guy was wise to all the lies


And he flies out the door


With the easy money

Because there ain't no man


Who got the money in his hand


Who got any of that bread


Bein' slow in the head


The easier it looks


The hotter it hooks


There ain't no such thing as easy money


We say, "Yes! Oh Yes!"


Saturday night


There was a terrible, terrible fight


Between two dames who was losin' the same game


It wasn't clear,


But I hear somebody was lookin' for some easy money.