this is the story of a (thai) girl

thailand is full of old european looking dudes walking around hand-in-hand with beautiful young thai girls. you get kinda envious at first. but then you stop to think about it and it sure is sad.

on the bus to krabi, i sat behind a 55yr old aussie dude who had the most stunning thai lady i have ever seen. she was super super beautiful. young and innocent looking - almost like a porcelein doll. across the isle was this balding german dude who was interested in the process of acquiring one of these "girlfriend's". they struck up a candid conversation with regards to this...

turns out the thai girl was a "naive one" from the northern provinces sent to bangkok from her family rice farm to make money and support her folks. these "naive ones" are the best ones to have apparently, as the "ones" from bangkok are prostitutes and are just after your money - that is bad. the dude sends her 50 aussie dollars a month to support her and she is faithful to him and looks after him real good when he is around. this girl is 20yrs old. they have been together about a year. that makes her 19 when they got together...

19yrs old. i realise that some of the girls choose this way of life - fair play to them. but this girl was 19!!! how could she have chosen to make that decision??? when i was 19, i hadn't even been in a serious relationship yet (okay, i was super slow). i was still wet behind the ears, looking at the world with bright eyes. i was full of hopes and dreams of happiness and love (and spurs and scandos). the world was a wonderful place. a romantic place. contrast this to what the thai girl must be thinking and seeing of the world. how can you have any aspirations when you have been bought? what is the rest of her life going to be like?

at first i was pretty angry with the old dude - but i had a chat to him and he seemed a decent chap. i guess it's mainly due to the social and economic situtation in the country at the mo... and it sure is super sad. with all the wealth around in the world at the mo, one should never be able to afford to buy someone else's dignity.

waiting, watchin the clock
it's four oclock, its got to stop
tell him, take no more
she practices her speech
as he opens the door, she rolls over
pretends to sleep as he looks her over

she lies and says shes in love with him
cant find a better man
she dreams in color, she dreams in red
cant find a better man

talking to herself
theres no one else who needs to know
she tells herself
memories back when she was bold and strong
and waiting for the world to come along
swears she knew it, now she swears hes gone

she lies and says shes in love with him
cant find a better man
she dreams in color, she dreams in red
cant find a better man