You know I say, got to let it go I said child, got to let me go Cause the leaves are changing from green to gold Like a lover's sex is getting old The snow's coming and the north winds blows Like a lover baby freezing cold I won't say you got to let me go I said child, got to let it go There's a place I stay when I got to lay low Back in Utah nobody knows Up in the mountains in the ice and snow The name of the place baby is China Row I said China, China Row, yeah I said China, China Row, yeah Cause I don't want to hear about your new boyfriend Don't want to know that they're sharing your bed Some things are better when they're left unsaid Some things are better when they're left unsaid All my friends are talking they all seem to know All my friends are talking they all seem to know All my good time buddies want to jump your bones I don't want to hear about it Just want to go back to China, China Row, yeah I said China, China Row, yeah Cause it burns my brains baby when it gets to town The way the people spread the rumors around Like fertilizer on sterile ground They take to gossip like fleas to a hound Bitter harvest for the seeds all grow Hey baby you reap what you sow Hey baby you reap what you sow Take it back to China I said China, China Row, yeah I said China, China Row, yeah Cause I don't want to hear about your new boyfriend Don't want to know that they're sharing your bed Some things are better when they're left unsaid Some things are better when they're left unsaid All my friends are talking they all seem to know All my friends are talking they all seem to know All my good time buddies want to follow you home I don't want to hear about it, I don't want to know I said China, China Row, yeah I said China, China Row, yeah