Bernard Fanning - Elly lyrics

Elly wrapped her nineteen years In a coat from '41 Had the looks that'd make a grown man sigh From the Diamantina River country She crossed the dry mid west From her childhood schemes and sheltered dreams She broke the ties The commercial man made blunt demands As they travelled south by east Elly turned into a woman over night He set her down in the heart of town The millionaires retreat She gazed up at the tall gla** and concrete walls At Main St. Surfers Paradise If the decks been marked before the deal You learn to compromise Or you get to know the cool hand with the dice You learn to live off losers, for they make the mistakes twice You're living in high society but you're street wise Just to survive, just to survive With those centrefold looks And bay-blue eyes Man she stacked them in All the senators and doctors called her Madam With her fifteen girls she built a world A pleasured paradise On what a man of God would call the wages of sin If the decks been marked before the deal You learn to compromise Or you get to know the cool hand with the dice You learn to live off losers, for they make the mistakes twice You're living in high society but you're street wise Just to survive, just to survive A wealthy woman Drinks with diamond rings Twenty stories high Gazes out as the sun lifts from the sea To make it to the top Elly sacrificed the lot And found that seven figure sum was way too high a fee If the decks been marked before the deal You learn to compromise Or you get to know the cool hand with the dice You learn to live off losers, for they make the mistakes twice You're living in high society but you're street wise Just to survive, just to survive