The Kid In The Red Light District (alt.version)
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THE KID IN THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT (reworking of Original Track by Silvio Vinci & Stefano Muzzu) I was seventeen and restless, with a dollar in my shoe I was seventeen and restless, didn’t know what I should do So I followed all those red lights like a fool will sometimes do There was music through the doorway, there was whiskey on the floor Yeah, music through the doorway, and a shadow by the door She said, “Kid, you look too young to know what you’re looking for” I said, “Lady, I ain’t looking, I’m just walking through the night” She laughed and lit a cigarette, said, “Boy, that don’t sound right” Then she disappeared behind me into that dirty crimson light A piano played the same blues it had played a thousand times Yeah, the same three chords kept turning like those old electric signs And every lonely stranger had a story just like mine They called me the kid in the red light district for a night or maybe two I learned some things about strangers I never learned in school Some people pay for loving some just pay to play the fool I was seventeen and restless, with a dollar in my shoe Now I’m older, maybe wiser, but I’m restless like I used to And somewhere those lights are burning… waiting for another fool. Yeah… somewhere those lights are burning… somewhere those lights are burning…
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