Trade Winds Lyrics - The Three Degrees

Here I stand looking 

Looking all around me 

While all around me (What do I see?) 

What do I see? 

Unhappy faces behind the 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 (trade winds) 

The trade winds of our time 

Here I stand looking 

Looking all around me 

While all around me (What do I see?) 

What do I see? 

(Young girls who would soon become) Young girls would soon become 

(Walkers of anatomy) Streetwalkers in the night 

(Young boys of the neighborhood) Young boys, the restless breed 

(Tell me what they're gonna do) And they're looking for a fight 

(Children who both rich and poor) Children both rich and poor 

(Tell me what they're searching for) They're searching for the truth 

And if they don't find it, 

God help tomorrow's youth 

We're caught in the trade winds (trade winds) 

Ooh, the trade winds of our time 

The trade winds are blowing 

Blowing all around me 

While all around me (What do I see?) 

What do I see? 

(Hatredness and jealousy) Hatred and jealousy 

(Brotherhood) 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 there are few 

The trade winds are blowing 

The choice is up to you 

We're caught in the trade winds (trade winds) 

Ooh, the trade winds of our time 

Ooh, yes 

Yes, we're caught up in the trade winds 

Ooh, trade winds of our time, oh yeah 

We're caught up, we're caught up in the trade winds 

Yeah, yeah 

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, yeah-eah-eah-eah 

Ohhhh, yeah, yeah, oh yeah 

We're caught up in the trade winds, trade winds 

Trade winds of our time 

We're caught up, we're caught up in the trade winds