China

I used to work in the big house

I used to make a lot of money

I used to be young

I used to be young

Now I’m old and I’m faded

They don’t want me no more

When I walk through the door

Their eyes fall to the floor

They want girls like you

Fair skinned and eyes so blue

Skin so soft and skin so smooth

They want girls like you

My mama was Italian

That’s how I got this olive skin

My daddy never gave me nothin’

‘Cept for this dimple on my chin

I might leave if I could

But where would I go now

The only skills I’ve acquired

I learned in a whorehouse

You never asked me my name

I’m gonna tell it to ya anyway

Sometimes if I don't say it outloud

I’d forgot it by now

See on the day I was born

Mama said I had a sparkle in my eye

So she named me China

Finest money could buy