Island Red

She was a red-headed German girl abandoned by a rich businessman On the streets of old Galveston She came over on an ocean liner and no one ever looked any finer Who walked the streets of old Galveston Island Red she was a beauty they all said Island Red she always turned their heads She called herself Island Red they just called her beautiful That good-looking woman who walked The Strand All the women said she was shameless All the men said she was famous But everyone stopped and watched as she walked by She always lived at the finest hotels and as far as anyone could tell She never once ran out of money She was full of mystery and one look at her could cause misery And fill your dreams with a women with hair so red Island Red she was a beauty they all said Island Red she always turned their heads She called herself Island Red they just called her beautiful That good-looking woman who walked The Strand All the women said she was shameless All the men said she was famous But everyone stopped and watched as she walked by All the women said she was shameless All the men said she was famous But everyone stopped and watched as she walked by