Street Songs 14

Street Songs 14
Homeless Man Blues

Woke up this mornin’
Not like I planned
Woke up this mornin’
Two suitcases in my hand
My house in foreclosure
Wife and kids gone
Fell like a looser
Everything went wrong


Got no more work
And started to drinkin’
Tryin’ to forget I’m a jerk
Wishin I could stop thinkin’
Got laid off after 25 years
Where can I go
With all my fears
No one want me no mo

The street calls my name
Not really a man
Can’t stand all this shame
Did all I can
The man worked me so hard
Got rid of my job
Left me holdin’ no card
I feel I was robbed

I stand there not smilin’
Put out my hand
My body is stinkin’
Can’t believe I was canned
The life the man said be mine
If I work hard and be good
Now he be blind
He should be where I stood

© 2007 Sandy Vrooman