Living on the Street

Intro

(Hey)

(Hey hey)

Uh

Verse 1

Cardboard mattress under the overpass

Rain tap-tapping on a busted glass

Hunger growling like a feral thing

Got nothing left but these scars I bring

Watched my pockets turn to hollow caves

Learned to sleep with one eye on the waves

Of sirens and the screaming crowd

Yeah I got slicker than the whole damn crowd

Pre-Chorus

And they call it freedom

Yeah they call it freedom

Tell that to my empty stomach

Chorus

Living on the streets

Got my world in two bags at my feet

Living on the streets

Every day's a gamble and I don't accept defeat

Living on the streets

Yeah the concrete got my name

Living on the streets

It's a cold hard game

Verse 2

Grocery store dumpster after midnight

Five-minute shower at the YMCA light

Grinned at a stranger till he walked away

Some days kindness costs too much to pay

Panhandle at the corner by the 7-Eleven

Counting out my sins like I'm counting to eleven

They see my face and they cross the road

Like I'm carrying a sickness or a heavy load

Pre-Chorus

And they call it freedom

Yeah they call it freedom

Tell that to my empty stomach

Chorus

Living on the streets

Got my world in two bags at my feet

Living on the streets

Every day's a gamble and I don't accept defeat

Living on the streets

Yeah the concrete got my name

Living on the streets

It's a cold hard game

Bridge

Mm-mm

I ain't asking for your pity

Just a minute of your time

I been down here in the trenches

Climbing one step at a time

Climbing one step at a time

Climbing one step at a time

Chorus

Living on the streets

Got my world in two bags at my feet

Living on the streets

Every day's a gamble and I don't accept defeat

Living on the streets

Yeah the concrete got my name

Living on the streets

It's a cold hard game