Koto Girl

When she was two

Mama told her what to do

Sit and behave

Don't make a sound now

When she was eight

She had found a different fate

Move in a thing

That's up and down now

When the clock had moved some more

She could open any door she pleased

She's a Koto girl

Playing eighteen string guitar

Been around

All the eastern world

She can't leave now, but her dreams still travel far

Now she is grown

Has a life all of her own

Plays all the time

Just to be seen now

I met her here

Drinking cold ASAHI beer

Or could have been

A grass of tsing tao

I walked up and asked her please

She replied hello in cantonese

She's a Koto Girl

Who knows what she wants to be

Been around

All the eastern world

But hopes someday for a life where she is free

Don't go away

I want to be with you

I tried to say

Come on, let's see it through

But she's got those

Stars in her eyes

Shanghai, goodbye

Signed a major record deal

Now she plays TV shows in high heels

She's a Koto girl

A dream come true superstar

Been around

All the eastern world

But Koto girl wants to climb the billboard charts

She's a Koto girl

Playing eighteen strings guitar

What a sound

Heard around the world this Koto girl (Koto girl)

Has got her strings wrapped around my heart