written by Dino, Sembello, Leiber, Stoller, and Vescoli
included in the musical "Smokey Joe's Cafe"
recorded by Elkie Brooks and Bernadette Peters among others

Pearl's a singer, she stands up,
When she plays the piano in the night club
Pearl's a singer, she sings songs
For the lost and the lonely
Her job is entertaining folks,
Singing songs and telling jokes
In the nightclub

Pearl's a singer, and they say,
That she once was a winner in a contest
Pearl's 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

Pearl's a singer, she stands up,
When she plays the piano in the night club
Pearl's a singer, she sings songs
For the lost and the lonely
Her job is entertaining folks,
Singing songs and telling jokes
In the nightclub

Pearl's a singer, she stands up
When she plays the piano in the night club
Pearl's a singer, she sings songs
For the lost and the lonely
Her job's entertaining folks
Singing songs, telling jokes
In the nightclub

transcribed by Martine Dupuis