Trade Winds - Roberta Flack

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 livin' 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’ll soon become

Streetwalkers in the night

Young boys, the restless breed

Looking for a fight

Children both rich and poor

They’re searching for the truth

And if they don’t find it God help tomorrows youth, oh yes

We’re caught in the trade winds

The trade winds of our time

Trade winds are blowing, blowing around me While all around me, what do I see?

Hatred and jealousy

Brotherhood is dying

Love is the answer

But nobody’s buying

Good people turnin' 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

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yes, we’re caught up in the trade winds

The trade winds of our time

We are ridin' on the trade winds

The trade winds of our time

Yes, we’re caught up in the trade winds

The trade winds of our time