Out on the Street

Oh, the winter wind sweeps the city clean.

Just blocks and blocks with nothin’ in between.

But in the dark some do survive

It’s a bitter night and their only wish is to stay alive.

I never thought I’d be like them

My hopes were high but here I am.

Had a lumber yard job, big stacks of wood

One came tumblin’ down. And it got me bad. It got me good.

Now I’m out on the street.

Dangers all around me

Human misery surrounds me

I’ve got nothin’ to eat.

On the Street.

Ain’t no consolation

In a rich and healthy nation

When you’re out on the street.

Old lullaby wind comes from the west

It calls to you, “Come slumber on my breast”.

There’s many a child may never wake

And who’s to blame when a human being gets an unfair shake?

I wrote to my wife and my kids back home.

That letter came back “address unknown”.

Did they follow me here to this big town

No place to live and the mercy mission has been shut down.

Are they out on the street?

Dangers all around them

Human misery surrounds them

Nothin’ to eat.

On the Street.

Ain’t no consolation

In a rich and healthy nation

When you’re out on the street.

Are they out on the street?

Dangers all around you

Human misery surrounds you

You’ve got nothin’ to eat.

On the Street.

Ain’t no consolation

In a rich and healthy nation

When you’re out on the street.