The song below implies a sad story of a desperate runaway surviving on the streets. The visual images create new meaning and extend our thinking with irony: the song may appear to be an ode to beauty, while it laments the tragic impact of objectification.

Nicky’s in the corner
With a black coat on
Running from a bad home
With some cat inside

Now where did you find her?
Among the neon lights
That haunt the streets outside
She says, “Stay with me”

Beautiful girl (stay with me)
She wants to go home

From doorway to doorway
Street corner to corner
With the neon ghosts in the city
And she says, “Stay with me”

She’s so scared
So very frightened
Anything could happen
Right here tonight

Beautiful girl (stay with me)
She wants to go home