Story Time

Deadman

Where do I start?/ my life's unbearably hard/

me: you have family or friends?

I cherish the thought/

I just go to intersections with a cardboard sign/ and some of yall think i've gone and lost my mind/

i'm embarassed when I see these ladies are scared/ I just wanna see if there's some change they can spare/

men are worse, one dude said my breath stunk/
another one said, bum, you'll just use it to get drunk/

i'll admit that I drink/ it keeps me warm/ it eases the pain too so i'm always needing more/

but he without sin go head and cast the biggest stone/ cuz I'll still be in the cold while you're in your cozy little homes/

but me? I stay warm with a little kid's blanket/ a cheap bottle of whiskey, and a couple thin jackets/

people tell me to get a job, but try to notice/ mcdonalds doen't even hire the homeless/

I can't leave number/ i can't leave a fake address/ i can't say, go to the dumpster in back and take a left/

is it really so funny? I hope to feel some heat when you open the window to gimme some money/

I know some guys are lazy and some are crack fiends/ but you know that I'm a good man if you cared to ask me/

but ya'll just pass me like you're better than me/ ya'll look at me with dusgust like i'm a deadly disease/

but you don't know how good it feels when someone respects that i breathe/ i get a joy in my heart that you would never believe/

the other day i started to cry/ when a five year old gave me a piece of his marshmallow pie/

that 5 year old boy, he honored my life/ he knew I needed help, he just saw it in my eyes/

and I don't need your empty God bless you's/
I want you to look at me like I"m special/

you probably laugh but you don't know what it's like/ spending years in the cold, alone in the night/

I can't see the positive, tears blurring my sight/ a split second of respect is my only moment of light

and I know that I'll die, lonely and empty/ and I just wish somebody would hold me and help me/