Song Description

It's a song about the homeless living on the street in boxes and the singer wondering how they became this

Lyrics

IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD


VERSE

Grew up in a sheltered world, never had to want or need
Child of the silver spoon where love rained down on me
You build your life upon the street where hunger takes the lead
We step around your PAPER HOUSE pretending not to see

CHORUS

Why do you live in a PAPER HOUSE
Whose walls are bare, but full of memories
Why can't you close the door on your PAPER HOUSE
So you can be a member of society

VERSE

See you going on your way, but you got nowhere to go
Stripped of common dignity for reasons you don't know
Hope that you're not in the path of the mighty powers that be
Who step around your PAPER HOUSE pretending not to see

CHORUS

That you live in a PAPER HOUSE
And not the arms of your family
Why do you choose to stay in your PAPER HOUSE
When there must be another life for you to lead
(Repeat 1st Chorus)

TAG

Don't wanna step on your PAPER HOUSE wanna do the thing I should
Don't wanna see your PAPER HOUSE in my neighborhood
PAPER HOUSE, thing I should, wanna see, I don't want to see you living in my neighborhood

(Repeat both Choruses)
TAG 1 & TAG 2

I don't want to see you living in my neighborhood
You got no one, you got nowhere, just that PAPER HOUSE
You build your life, you're on the street, your hunger leads, but no one see

©Tiny Lady Songs, Donna Cristy, BMI