Red Lights, Tin Roofs lyrics

Is it empowerment Or is it enslavement For those who sell their bodies Out on the pavement? Is prostitution hand in hand With destitution Or a body positive Sex workers solution From patpong road To falkland row Who holds the power, The pimp or the whore? When an offer of protection Turns to obedience through addiction I have the predisposition To voice my opposition Red lights, tin roofs, red lights Oft trapped within addiction Be it smack or cheap red wine With an imposed threat of violence If they "step too far out of line" Widows and divorcees, Handicapped and poor Traditional stigmas Forced them out the door Red lights, tin roofs, red lights Red lights, tin roofs, red lights Hmong and nepalese girls Bodies sold as slaves Now just human fodder For a booming flesh trade Traditional bordellos To satisfy the idle rich, Have gone the wayside for Human enslavement