“Sweet Cream Ladies” by the Box Tops
“The Son of Hickory Holler’s Tramp” from O.C. Smith
I love them whores they never judge you
what can you say when you’re a whore?
they cast that pearl and it don’t upset em
they take their chances if they get em
hear me go off!
give me some more!
motherfcker!
need a little more
goddmn you!
give me some more!
motherf*cker!
give me some more!
“Whores”, Jane’s Addiction
Sammy’s Song - David Bromberg
Tecumseh Valley - Townes Van Zandt
Looking For The Time - Nancy Griffith
“Darling Nikki” by Prince
On Nanci Griffith’s Other Voices, Other Rooms, she and Arlo Guthrie do a song called “Tecumseh Valley” about a woman who becomes a prostitute:
She took to whorin out on the streets
with all the lust inside her
and it was many a man returned again
to lay himself beside her
Great song, but very sad.
Lili Marlene.
I don’t think X Offender is about a prostitute.
Tecumseh Valley is a Townes Van Zandt song.
Oh, and Jane Says by Jane’s Addiction.
Day Tripper by Beatles
Tried to please her, she only played one night stands
Tried to please her, she only played one night stands now
She was a day tripper, a Sunday driver yea
Took me so long to find out, and I found out
“Pearl of the Quarter” by Steely Dan.
"On the water down in New Orleans,
My baby’s a Pearl of the Quarter.
You can see her almost everyday
Singing “Voulez, voulez, voulez vous?”
“Three Wooden Crosses” I forget who sings it, but it’s all over the country stations.
“Fire Ship” (Traditional)
“Private Dancer” Tina Turner
Trick of the Light by The Who
Obliquely, I Was Just Being Friendly by John Entwistle, about a man who mistakes a woman for a prostitute.
Lady Madonna by the Beatles may be about a prostitute (e.g., “Wonder how you manage to make ends meet?”).
42nd Street – “Sexy ladies from the 80s who are indiscrete.”
Shanghai Lil – A hooker sings how Shanghai Lil is bad for their profession.
It’s My Body from Cy Coleman’s “The Life,” a musical that’s about prostitutes, so probably has other songs on the subject.
Fancy
Hey Hey, What Can I Do
Led Zeppelin
Food! Wine! Aldonza!
Since we’re counting songs from musicals, then there’s “Lovely Ladies” from Les Miserables –
“Old men, young men, take 'em as they come,
Harbor rats and alley cats and every kind of scum,
Poor men, rich men, leaders of the land;
See 'em with their trousers off, they’re never quite as grand.
All it takes is money in your hand!”
“Killer Queen” by Queen is about a high class prostitute.
“Recommended at the price
Insatiable an appetite
Wanna try?”
- The Fire Down Below* by Bob Seger.
Why dont we try Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs?
Mandy Lane by the Chad Mitchell Trio.
*Well, she’s a sundown girl, her name is Mandy Lane.
She’s a free-wheelin’ mama on a high leverl plain.
Gentleman calls at her front gate.
You can hear him holler both early an’ late;
Keep on truckin’ mama, truckin’ til the break of day.
Keep on truckin’ mama, truckin’ til the break of day.
Well you come in the room just a raisin’ sand.
You can tell what you been doin’ by the way you stand,
Keep on truckin’ mama…etc.*
That’s all I can remember just off the top of my head except one more line you might recognize;
If I can’t sell it gonna keep sittin’ on it, never catch me giving it away.
It’s amaxing what Google can find,
“Easily Led” by Robert Plant
“Ruby Tuesday” - Stones
"Loretta’s Tale " Cockney Rebel
“Sister of Night” Depeche Mode
“Strange Kinda Woman” _ Deep Purple
“Midnight Flower” - Four Topps
Miss Silver Dime " Mott the Hoople
“Love Me By Name” - Dusty Springfiled
“Christine” OMD
and one I just remembered myself
“Third Floor Heaven” by Bebop Deluxe