Pretenders, The - The Adultress Lyrics






I'm the adultress
But i didn't want to be and i'm convenient
And i make good tea
I stand accused
Of the worst crime in history
That's my mystery
I'm the adultress

I go to the park
With a bag of crumbs for the birds
That's where we meet without words
He takes my hand
And stares into the wood
There's nothing to understand
It's understood
I'm the adultress

Look at the fool
Made up to go out
She's desperate and lonely
But she's puttin' it about
Look at the spinster
Comin' down off the shelf
She's in love and she hates herself

Don't try to stop me
Don't get in my way
It's too late
I've made my play
Does misery love company
I'll be in the bar
You'll find me





Other Lyrics by Artist

Rand Lyrics

Last Posts

Pretenders, The The Adultress Comments
  1. B.... J....

    Excellent!

  2. R.... J....

    Wow! What a sexy voice

  3. B.... M....

    I LIKE SO SO MUCH, CHRISSIE HYNDE GOT THE PERFECT FEELING OF ROCK

  4. t.... ....

    Tony’s hottest mistress in this scene

  5. p.... ....

    Always thought Pretenders II got a bad rap because I was so fucking great. However, saw the band in Radio City in NYC and this was the opener....blew the roof off. Private Lives, Jealous Dogs great stuff.
    Chrissie always said James was a guitar monster and this track shows why!

  6. j.... ....

    The sopranos season 6 brought me here.

  7. T.... ....

    and she makes good tea!

  8. n.... j....

    I really miss Honey-Man Scott --'A great band, Chrissie and Barndon, geniouses, too.

  9. K.... R....

    Nothing to understand. It's understood. One of greatest voices ever.

  10. n.... j....

    This is like from my youth.

  11. n.... j....

    Я стала дурокпм с этим, -81

  12. F.... M....

    Look at the Stones playing in London in 71/2. its authentic and anyone would have regarded those gigs on the last real tour as even more terminal than the Pretenders and the Stones would have gone on three hours late by necessity having travelled five miles from the hotel

  13. F.... M....

    Theatre and Film by someone playing at being a Sorbonne student. But its acting and dressing not rock and roll. belongs at the theatre. That's the problem. its over rehearsed and over dressed. At 30 chrissie is a dresser and actress not a rocker.

  14. t.... ....

    Hottest chick Tony soprano banged in the entire show !

  15. n.... j....

    Even without Chrissie's singing this is great with Honeyman and Farndon

    n.... j....

    Don't forget Mr. Chambers on the trapset!!!

  16. l.... w....

    Chrissie Hynde is a real poet, like Rimbaud

  17. D.... W....

    Chrissy Hynde possesses the sexiest female singing voice of all time. She's still hot.

  18. I.... ....

    Tony Soprano in Vegas.

  19. A.... T....

    killer!

  20. C.... M....

    First two albums, I mean what can you say, so fucking good. Chrissy's voice, instantly recognizable, one of the best in rock.

  21. J.... S....

    This is a confessional--Chrissie was stepping out on the sly with Ray Davies, who was still married to second wife Yvonne at the time. The very end of the song quotes "You Really Got Me", and soon after, Ray's marriage broke up...

  22. M.... ....

    good n lewd and as good as it gets ....this is classic pretenders at their best

  23. S.... W....

    This song fucking rocks!!!...still to this day!

  24. S.... ....

    Tony Soprano in Vegas

  25. Z.... B....

    Tell me they are just civlians no recovery Toto.

  26. T.... ....

    one of their best!

  27. S.... S....

    the sopranos brought me here...and i love it!

  28. S.... R....

    That band for the first two albums with the original lineup was just BADASS stripped back hardcore RAW Rock n Roll!

  29. A.... M....

    Does misery love company?

  30. K.... P....

    Ridiculously great rock song.

  31. L.... F....

    my daughter doesn't like The Pretenders... she laughs at my music, I think I'll put her up for adoption.
    Kids.......😏

    L.... F....

    not sure you'll get many takers

    L.... F....

    lisa feyrer ..tried castor oil?

    L.... F....

    I’d laugh harder at what she listens to if it’s most of what’s recorded these days.

  32. L.... J....

    Haven't checked out any Pretenders for years. Never was a fan but always liked a few songs. Never heard this before, but glad to have discovered it cuz it's a bloody bangin' track !

  33. M.... M....

    Tony Saprano bought me here.

    M.... M....

    Madryboi Madry when he takes peyote with Chris' old gumar haha I love that part

  34. Z.... B....

    He loved to party....

  35. R.... ....

    The chugging guitar after "...and she hates herself" is just so brutal, I love it!

    R.... ....

    Fuckin' A!
    That Farndon/Honeyman-Scott combo kicked ass - too bad they had to die young (and within a year of each other).

  36. M.... S....

    Sounds good

  37. D.... B....

    more great leads and lyrics

  38. R.... W....

    This tune rocks!!

  39. R.... S....

    The worst crime in history."

  40. C.... S....

    from LP released Aug 15, 1981

  41. J.... M....

    Sopranos Kennedy and Heidi. He's dead !!

    J.... M....

    2Bad4You "I get it!!!!"

  42. J.... F....

    This really sums up what rock n' roll is all about.  None of the 4 players is a technique Hall of Famer, yet the sum of the parts is phenomenal.  Thank you Chrissy, Jimmy, Pete and especially Martin "got that Zep stomp" Chambers!

    J.... F....

    Joseph Finn -You said it.

    J.... F....

    Yes, you got it Joseph, they gave the magic, allthough technically blah blah, ,-'But I think Honeyman'-Scott's guitar playing is technically stg thg goes up and beyond pretenders ' ' - C.hynde said in an interview in 99: James Honeyman-Scott was the sound of Pretenders."

    J.... F....

    Martin is SO underrated !

  43. c.... ....

    Mr. Martin fucking Chambers!!!

  44. g.... ....

    love it so much.....chrissie you are bad, i had my wet dream thinking about you when i was a teenager, the bed was fucking flooded

    g.... ....

    Chrissie Moltisanti?

    g.... ....

    Chrissie Hynde, the lead vocalist of The Pretenders.

  45. M.... P....

    My Mother.

  46. B.... C....

    Fantastic

    B.... C....

    look at the spinster

  47. M.... D....

    One of my favorite Pretenders songs before they became commercialized. God Bless James Scott!!! If he would have lived, I believe he never would have let them sell out like they did

    M.... D....

    Michael Drennan yeah, making a living is such a drag.

  48. T.... ....

    Classic Rock (Apart from Chart Rock), Progressive Rock 24/7 @ thelegacy . shorturl . com (Remove Spaces).  Download The Legacy Nobex for Android, iPhone, Windows Phone.

  49. B.... F....

    I think this song sums up the whole "New Wave" vibe. The hybrid "love-child" of Punk and Disco, remarkable results.
      

  50. C.... ....

    I LOVE 2...and this in particular is about their hard rockingst song...great fucking stuff....just blew me away.....again

  51. J.... B....

    They were amazing...

  52. d.... m....

    IM THE ADULTRESS----A ASSHAT SENT ME HERE

  53. J.... M....

    Yeah, me too.

  54. o.... ....

    Still doing some good music though... But there's nothing like the original band...

  55. J.... U....

    i miss the original band....love it