In the City

(lyrics & music Wytold)

 

In the city

the lights are pretty

and you see these shifty eyes on the street

Walking home I hear a passerby

mubling while shivering in the cold

 

I pick up my pace

try to replace his face

with something that will bring me

some comfort to ease my mind through

ignorance, I'll forget about his pain

 

My eyes in front of me

I don't look, I don't want to think

About that poor man's family

Starving, at home

Looking at me, he says

Hey, Mister Big Money

Release your paradigm, come spare a dime for me

Hey, Mister White Collar

Would you be so kind, buy me a bite to eat?

 

At a stop light

I pull up beside a woman with a sign

She's had no food for three days

She catches my eye, so she's gonna try

and in my mind I know that I have some change

 

My eyes in front of me,

 I drive away, do not let her speak

Pretend that she's not happening

Sorry, Sorry

 

Looking at me she says

Hey, Mister Big Money

Release your paradigm, come spare a dime for me

Hey, Mister White Collar

Would you be so kind, buy me a bite to eat?