Tent cities rise out on the horizon
Middle class dies divisions are rising
Values in check but sympathies dying
Problems so big so why bother trying?

Homeless
Lifeless
Worthless
Pointless

“Problem of leisure what is for pleasure"
One man’s garbage, another man’s treasure
One in a home and one in a trailer
Look down your nose at your so called neighbor

Lucky
Luckless
Thriving
Starving

Living on the street - Unclaimed & unwashed
Scavenging to eat - Waste not want not
Dying in the street - disowned and cast off
Could be you or me - to have or to have not

Vote on the right side of every measure
Handing out change to each lowly stranger
Kept at the reach of my daily paper
Raising my fence to keep out of danger

Deadbeat
Lowlife
Junkie
Half life

Living on the street - Unclaimed & unwashed
Scavenging to eat - Waste not want not
Dying in the street - disowned and cast off
Could be you or me - to have or to have not
Favoring the bold - And those born into gold
A house is not home - But keeps you from the cold
Everyone's alone - And lucky to die old
Cast a blind stone - A burden still untold

Man in need and a mouth to feed
The more you beg and the more you bleed
Apathy in the land of greed
Time stands still as our children freeze

No one knows what you’re going through
Do as we say how we say to do
Don’t stray too far off the beaten path
Stay in the box we’ve designed for you
No one knows what you’re going through
Do as we say how we say to do
Even if you've found some peace at last
We’ll decide what is right for you

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. “Give your tired to me
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,”

Wretched
Refuse
Hapless
Misused

Living on the street - Unclaimed & unwashed
Scavenging to eat - Waste not want not
Dying in the street - disowned and cast off
Could be you or me - to have or have not
Favoring the bold - And those born into gold
A house is not home - But keeps you from the cold
Everyone's alone - And lucky to die old
Cast a blind stone - A burden still untold