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 this is just business for them, in the same way that that lady that sold me my car isn't really THAT interested in my personnal life - or perhaps he doesn't seem to understand that prostitutes deal in sex not love - pretend love, yes, but real love? For a woman, or anyone, to be like that you'd basically have to fall in love with people at the drop of a hat - someone like that would more likely end up in a dead-end marriage that fizzled out than at a red light district...)
In summary, this song is about the types of men who think they can "save" prostitutes.... from what? their independence and financial security?
This guy the song sings about claims to be in love with the person he's talking to, a prostitute, and decides to show his boundless love by making her quit her job and presumably become financially dependant on his income - because of his emotional issues with regards to jealousy/fear and possessiveness and all (or, maybe he's simply the kind of guy who simply doesn't want his womenfolk working/making more money than him, regardless of occupation, for religious reasons - or he simply doesn't want them selling their sexual services for religious reasons...)
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 this is just business for them, in the same way that that lady that sold me my car isn't really THAT interested in my personnal life - or perhaps he doesn't seem to understand that prostitutes deal in sex not love - pretend love, yes, but real love? For a woman, or anyone, to be like that you'd basically have to fall in love with people at the drop of a hat - someone like that would more likely end up in a dead-end marriage that fizzled out than at a red light district...)
In summary, this song is about the types of men who think they can "save" prostitutes.... from what? their independence and financial security? This guy the song sings about claims to be in love with the person he's talking to, a prostitute, and decides to show his boundless love by making her quit her job and presumably become financially dependant on his income - because of his emotional issues with regards to jealousy/fear and possessiveness and all (or, maybe he's simply the kind of guy who simply doesn't want his womenfolk working/making more money than him, regardless of occupation, for religious reasons - or he simply doesn't want them selling their sexual services for religious reasons...)