a woman of beauty 

a woman of pain 

in france or jakarta 

her shadow's the same 



Chorus: 

you go home with sally ann 

you go home with sally ann 

you go home 



a woman of kindness 

with bracelets of jade 

in china or japan 

her choices are made 



Chorus 



a woman of chances 

no family or friends 

in argentina 

she knows only men 



Chorus 



a woman of color 

debts to be paid 

in trenton or detroit 

she lives by the blade