Kung Fu Girls

The lyrics tell a comic, fast-moving story about a man who goes looking for Cindy Sue, a woman described as a “kung fu girl.” He arrives with money and an address, but each attempt to approach her ends with him knocked to the floor. The mood is playful and admiring, though his confident pursuit contrasts with her clear physical control of the encounters.

The “silver belt” being put “in hock” means it has been pawned for money, suggesting the man has traded something valuable to fund his plan. The “secret door” makes the meeting seem like an adventure, while the repeated image of him “kissing the floor” turns his failure into a joke. The phrase “I wanna get close to you” can mean wanting romance or simply wanting to approach her, but the lyrics make clear that closeness is not something he can easily achieve.

The song presents Cindy Sue as powerful and elusive, while the man seems both fascinated and foolish. The brief, stylized phrases about “oriental pride” and the lyric “oriental pearl” frame her through an exoticizing lens; a modern listener may find that wording dated or stereotyped. The lyrics do not explain who she is beyond this performance, so it is possible to read the song as light comic fantasy rather than a serious portrait of a person.