My savior, this city, My comfort, her pity Or so I hoped. My heartache, my hard luck, My war time, my struggle That no one knows.
In the allys where I sleep I beg and beg for the food I eat All the pain and the hurt In your gut where it burns Every man here is just like me. The wind blowing round the snow Makes a man freeze straight to the bone So I drink and drink and I try not to think Of the people I lost at home
These six strings I'm playing These songs I'm singing Keep me alive. These strangers That curse me The hero They don't see Just waiting to die
I ain't the man that I used to be I feel the city as it's crushing me I am losing ground on these empty streets New York town has got the best of me The southern ground where my mamma sleeps She found death and she found peace There's an empty grave next to where she lay That's where I'm supposed to be.
I beg and I plead For her god to hear me He's just a coward Just a thief I pray and I pray For him to answer me I hear nothing I hear nothing I beg and I plead For her god to hear me I hear nothing Nothing
