Song Description
A song about compassion for the homeless and chastising society for looking the other way...with a twist that asks how it would be if the tables turned...
| Song Length |
4:31 |
Genre |
Folk - Rock, Rock - Indie/Low-Fi |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Annoyed, Troubled |
Subject |
Poverty, Protest |
| Similar Artists |
Neil Young, Bob Dylan |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Can you see the hungry homeless
Can you look them in the eye?
Do you feel the pain and anguish
Do you know just what it means
Do you know the hungry homeless?
Standing in the cold
Do they really share your future?
Do you care to know their fear?
We look the other way
As we pass them on the street
Nameless helpless souls
Trapped in defeat
You know she used to be a child
And once he had his pride
Then they took his legs for freedom
And she lost her mind to drugs
We define them as a failure
As we put them in their place
But that person we call homeless
Still believes they have a face
We claim to have compassion
The brotherhood of man
But when they reach to us for refuge
We ignore their empty hands
So now ask yourself this question
If the tables somehow turned
Who could help the hungry homeless?
Who would fill those empty hands?
As they look the other way
When they pass us on the street
Nameless helpless souls
Trapped in defeat