Pearls a singer She stands up when she plays the piano In a nightclub Pearls a singer She sings songs for the lost and the lonely Her job is entertaining folks Singing songs and telling jokes In a nightclub Pearls a singer And they say that she once was a winner In a contest Pearls 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 Pearls a singer She stands up when she plays the piano In a nightclub Pearls a singer She sings songs for the lost and the lonely Her job is entertaining folks Singing songs and telling jokes In a nightclub SONGWRITERS LEIBER/STOLLER/SEMBELLO/PALLADINO PUBLISHED BY