Roxanne Lyrics

Lyric discussion by AldinTheMad 

Cover art for Roxanne lyrics by Police, The

A song about a man who claims to be in love with a prostitute and decides to show his boundless love by making her quit her job and, one has to assume, become financially dependant on his income, because of his emotional issues with regards to jealousy and possessiveness. (or, maybe he's simply the kind of guy who doesn't want his womenfolk working at all...)

My original critique is a little too vague so here's another one:

The person the song is sung about sounds like a complete jerk in the middle of the song - he implies she should be grateful he didn't disrespect her (wow, what a stand-up guy...) but tells her to put her stuff away and to stop working because "it's a bad way" (perhaps he's highly religious and his beliefes tell him so?) and he doesn't want to "share" her (which implies he's either very jealous and thinks she'll magically fall in love with a client - highly unlikely as...

Are you for real? "Independence and financial security"? Unless they are the high paid call girls, the percentage of those who are on the streets due to drug addictions and or child abuse at the hands of a parent is staggering. It was once 80% (early 80's). Most women/girls who have any self-confidence PLUS choices, would not choose to risk death; disease; being beaten and robbed; pregnancy; etc. Most women/girls do not dream of having some stranger's penis in their mouths or stuck up their backsides for $10 so they can get high after he leaves. Geesh!