| The Homeless | ||
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By Tom Vance | |
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Key of Em |
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They walk, they always walk, but they have nowhere to go; | |
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| They wander the streets, with hopelessness in their eyes; | ||
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| Life has passed them by, people pass them by; | ||
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| Not hearing the sound of their silent cries. | ||
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Chorus |
For they’re the homeless, they’re the rusting souls of society, | |
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| They’re the hopeless, they’re the shadows of things we don’t want to see. | ||
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Who are these people, how did they come to be here? | |
| Where are they from, what brought them here in their lives? | ||
| Is it their own choice, this burden that they bear? | ||
| Are there life lessons that they need to learn? | ||
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Bridge |
Their matted hair, their unwashed faces, tattered clothing and old shoes; | |
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| The cardboard boxes that they call home, the bottles that nurture their souls. | ||
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But could the lessons also be, for the rest of us? | |
| Could they be teachers for things we all need to learn? | ||
| Lessons of compassion, understanding and love, | ||
| For as go the lowliest of us, so go us all. | ||
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| Words and music by Tom Vance, © April, 1999. | ||