Requiem Of The Crazies

It’s kinda hard being a bum in this town

Where the kids run wild, running all around

We go by behind without a sound, and we all got stories to tell

Put a penny in the cup, you might hear us moan

I'm just a dollar short of catching the Grey Hound home

And God bless you sir, you won’t see me no more

Cause I'll be drunk behind the Jiffy store

But I’m gonna get straight if it’s the last thing I can bare

I’d get my life together if someone would care

And if I should die before my time is through

Tell all the people who I was

On a bench, sour stench, clutching my booze

A pair of swiss cheese socks and tore up shoes

Whiskey breath, dumpster chef, next to taco bell

I dropped my aspirations down a wishing well

Drunkin' stance, piss my pants, piano key teeth

All these things will blind you from the man beneath

I’m not a fool, I been to school, I’ve read Sun Tzu

You see us bums are people too

So I’m back in jail, I can’t make bail, I get my three square meals

Oh, how I’ve forgotten how a bed and pillow feels

I’ll take a breath, there’s nothing left

I lay my head, the bible said

To all those weary I will give you rest

But I’m gonna get straight if it’s the last thing I can bare

I’d get my life together if someone would care

And if I should die before my time is through

Tell all the people who I was

On the streets, where I sleep, Bullet is my name

You see, I lost my wife and child and the whiskey is to blame

So I been teaching gospels to the crazies on the curb

Among all these people I’ll achieve my fame

Cause I can’t get a job cause the dirt on my face

I can’t find no food or a resting place

I ain’t a bad guy, Lord knows I try

And I’ll probably rot here in the alley where I die

I’m gonna get straight if it’s the last thing I can bare

I’d get my life together if someone would care

And if I should die before my time is through

Tell all the people who I was