WOMEN OF THE NIGHT
There are many ‘red light’ districts in Shanghai. Sex is just another commodity to be bought & sold. The trade is set to grow rapidly due to the imbalance of males to females. Some estimates say there are 40 million more males than females in China, partially due to female children in the countryside being discarded. Masturbation may become more popular than Tai Chi & Ping Pong combined.
They stand there in the same spot every night,
You see them on the pavement, underneath street light,
Some are talking to strange men, they’ve never seen before,
Men who’ve left their homes, to go out searching for a whore,A young girl finds a customer, he finds her very nice,
She smiles at him seductively, & he agrees her price,
They walk together from the street, & onto building land,
She gives her pleasure, then returns, with money in her hand,
Takes up her position where she is clearly seen,
Thinking of next client, & not where she’s just been.What forces these young women,
To leave village, or small town,
And walk the streets of Shanghai,
With such immoral frown.When they were slowly drowning, in a sea of poverty,
Perhaps the devil in nice clothes, said “young girl, come with me,
Shanghai’s streets are paved with gold, & I will set you free,
Take my hand, the promised land’s where you should really be”.How I’d love to talk to them, and take them from their life,
Help each one make an honest man a good & loving wife,
Their dialect, I cannot speak, but I would love to try,
Because, but for the grace of God, along that street go I.