Song Description

Song about a homeless man's plight

Lyrics

He had a long shaggy beard, dirty clothes.
In the eyes of a city an open sore exposed.
Nowhere to run, no place to go.
Forget the locks cause a cardboard box
is what he called home.
Yeah it?s what he called home.

He said ?Excuse me can you help me find my way.
You see it?s a long story and well anyway I was traveling down this train
that we call life just before it and derailed and left me here to die?
Yeah. You know it left me here to die.?

Had a wife and a family, dog and a cat
And he broke down when he told about the tragic accident.
I thought to myself ?what a shame? standing right there in the pouring rain
As I reached into my pocket for my spare change.
Yeah. You know it?s my spare change.

Now the years have gone by, but I can still see those tears in his eyes.
I said the years have gone by, but I can still those tears in his eyes.

Yeah he pulled me close and this he did say,
?Never take what you got for granted boy because granted it could be??
I said he pulled me close and this he did say,
?Never take what you got for granted ?cause granted it could be taken away.?
You know it?s my spare change.