Ian Anderson - Ladies lyrics

Ladies of leisure With their eyes on the back roads All looking for strangers To whom they extend welcomes With a smile and a glimpse of Pink knees and elbows; Of satin and velvet Good ladies, good fortune Ladies They sing of their heroes: Of solitary soldiers Invested in good health And manner most charming Whose favors are numbered (none the less well intended) By hours in a minute; By those ladies who bless them Ladies