Behind the painted smiles
Heartache and loneliness,
dressed up in modern style
And we're caught in the trade winds
The tradewinds of our times
Here I stand looking, looking around me
Young girls will soon become
streetwalkers in the night
Young boys are restless, free,
Children, both rich and poor,
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,
The trade winds are blowing,
Good people are turning bad,
some don't but they are few
We're callin' the trade winds
The trade winds of our time
Yes, we're caught in the trade winds
Riding on the trade winds of our time
We are caught up in the trade winds
Riding on the trade winds
Caught up in the trade winds
the tradewinds of our time
We are caught up the tradewinds,
caught up in the tradewinds