Trade Winds lyrics

Here I stand looking

Looking around me

While all around me

What do I see

Unhappy faces

Behind a painted smile

Heartache and loneliness

Dressed up in modern style

Unhappy people

Living in sin and shame

Reflections of myself

Life is no easy game

We're caught in the trade winds

The trade winds of our time

Here I stand looking

Looking around me

While all around me

What do I see

(Young girls who will soon become)

Young girls who'll soon become

(Walkers on the avenue)

Streetwalkers in the night

(Young boys of the neighbourhood)

Young boys, the restless breed

(Tell me what they're gonna do)

Looking for a fight

(Children who are rich and poor)

Children both rich and poor

They're searching for the truth

If they don't find it

God help tomorrow's youth

We're caught in the trade winds

The trade winds of our time

Oh, the trade winds, the trade winds

Trade winds of our time

Trade winds are blowing

Blowing around me

While all around me

What do I see

(Hatred and jealousy)

Hatred and jealousy

(Brotherhood is dying)

Brotherhood is dying

(Love is what we really need)

Love is the answer

But nobody's buying

Good people turning bad

Some don't, but they are few

The winds are blowing

The choice is all up to you

We're caught in the trade winds

The trade winds of our time

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Yes, we're caught up in the trade winds

The trade winds of our time

We are riding on the trade winds

The trade winds of our time

• Artist:Rod Stewart
• Album:A Night on the Town (1976)