Story Behind the Song
I just came up with the melody and chord structure then made the words fit. I struggled trying to find a substitute for the phrase "my China Girl" knowing that David Bowie had a hit with that title, but nothing else fit. In the end, the song had to be called China Girl.
Lyrics
China Girl
(C)2001, J. Eshleman, II BMI
So warm and so cool, this can't go on,
A lover like this, I've never known,
And my lover my lover my lover is cool,
She knows what it takes, to break all the rules,
(chorus)
And I could never find a woman to hold me like you did tonight,
I could never find another to hold me like you did so tight,
My China girl...
She leaves me now, before the dawn,
A kiss and a touch, she is gone,
And my lover my lover my lover is smooth,
She knows what it takes, to make me a fool, (chor
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