Rickie Lee Jones
Rickie Lee Jones(リッキー・リー・ジョーンズ)
1954年11月8日・アメリカ合衆国シカゴ生まれの
シンガーソングライター

思春期に酒、麻薬に溺れ、妊娠中絶を経験するなど
荒れた生活を送り、家出して全米各地を放浪しますが
19歳の時にロサンゼルスのクラブで歌い始め
1977年頃にトム・ウエイツと知り合い同棲
その後、彼女が歌った「Easy Money」が
リトル・フィートのローウェル・ジョージの目に留まり
デビューのきっかけをつかみました

1979年にアルバム「浪漫(Rickie Lee Jones)」でデビュー
しそのアルバムは全米3位の大ヒットとなりました
フォーク、ジャズ、ブルースなどの影響が濃い音楽性と
独特の気だるいボーカルが彼女の持ち味です

今日ご紹介するの曲は デビューのきっかけとなった曲
Easy Money
1992年、ウィルターン·シアターでの
ライブ映像です

--- 2012.4.26 音速ぱんちゃ ---

-- Easy Money --

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 a 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