on a dark street, all alone
People passing, people laughing,
busy people, all going home
Both my mother and my sister,
they tried to beg me not to go
But I had to find some meaning
In this weary life of war
Now I'm a few feet from the gutter
When it's falling all around
People running, people going
To the shelter, homeward bound
Hey there, mister, and hey there, lady
Don't you run by, can't you see
Please share a kind word with me
Not a place to lay my head
Won't somebody have some pity
Take my heart and share the pain
Cause I'm a few feet from the gutter
And the rain is fallin' down
People runnin', people goin'
To the shelter homeward bound
I'm a few feet from the gutter
Rain is fallin' all around
People running, people going,
to the shelter, over time
Out a few feet from the gutter,
rain is falling, over time
People running, people going,
to the shelter, over time you
