Can You Spare Some Change?
indigent and selfless
alone he just stares.
carefree but certain
that nobody cares.
life once had meaning
sanity was without question.
scale tips the other way
about him there is no mention.
oh, and you, you're...
you're just like them, you...
you do not care, no...
you'll just look the other way
as he's coming your way.
can you spare some change?
thank you dear Ronnie
tell me was your "Contra" band?
did they sit you inside a cell
or were you free to make a stand?
how 'bout the war on drugs?
was it therapeutic
to lock them all up?
Reaganomics was truly grand
kicked onto the streets
a foot in the ass
not a helping hand
you people ask yourselves
when did the homeless epidemic start?
does trickle down sound familiar?
It's what's tearing this nation apart.
oh, and you, you're...
you're just like them, you...
you do not care, no...
you'll just look the other way
as he's coming your way.
can you spare some change?
where is his mother?
is her conscience eating at her now?
if she's that type of mother
I think he's better off somehow.
the future is nebulous.
you must be true to yourself.
he couldn't be more honest.
she'll create her own hell.
oh, and you, you're...
you're just like them, you...
you do not care, no...
you'll just look the other way
as he's coming your way.
can you spare some change?
©2006 – Tammy Imes
indigent and selfless
alone he just stares.
carefree but certain
that nobody cares.
life once had meaning
sanity was without question.
scale tips the other way
about him there is no mention.
oh, and you, you're...
you're just like them, you...
you do not care, no...
you'll just look the other way
as he's coming your way.
can you spare some change?
thank you dear Ronnie
tell me was your "Contra" band?
did they sit you inside a cell
or were you free to make a stand?
how 'bout the war on drugs?
was it therapeutic
to lock them all up?
Reaganomics was truly grand
kicked onto the streets
a foot in the ass
not a helping hand
you people ask yourselves
when did the homeless epidemic start?
does trickle down sound familiar?
It's what's tearing this nation apart.
oh, and you, you're...
you're just like them, you...
you do not care, no...
you'll just look the other way
as he's coming your way.
can you spare some change?
where is his mother?
is her conscience eating at her now?
if she's that type of mother
I think he's better off somehow.
the future is nebulous.
you must be true to yourself.
he couldn't be more honest.
she'll create her own hell.
oh, and you, you're...
you're just like them, you...
you do not care, no...
you'll just look the other way
as he's coming your way.
can you spare some change?
©2006 – Tammy Imes
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