They'd thrown you outside,
Oh you were just a child,
You were a child living on the
streets and hanging around,
You'd felt so lonely, Oh yes in many
nights and you'd missed a helping hand
in lonely times.
When they mocked you and you've been crying,
A thousand deaths you're always dying.
[*Repeat]
Can't live in freedom, What's going on?
Oh, in this town the people ignore nuisance,
Oh, in this town you're unnessecary,
Can't live in freedom, What's going on?
Oh yes, I can see you dream of better times,
Oh your rotgut helps to dream.
You see a lady and she feeds her dog with cake,
Oh it's a shame your hungry eyes
They do not see,
Oh you learned to be a skip jack,
It's not the first time that you feel sad,
Take a gulp and dream of better times.
Too many years the people have despised you,
And now they wonder that
you don't accept their law,
Oh you see the grass is green
on the other side, when they mocked
you and you've been crying,
And I bet you're always crying?
[*Repeat]
They had told you
That you should believe in god,
They had told you
That all people will have equal rights,
Thay had told you
If you try you could find a job,
They had told you
If you try you could reach everything,
Oh no, Don't cloese your eyes,
Don't believe in silly lies!
Oh yes, I know this pain,
Oh you are down and feel ashamed,
Oh, with pink glassed on,
You mustn't see what happens really.
We wanna live with approbation,
Equal and free with liveration.
Maybe after the day when I die,
I will know the reason why!
Oh you were just a child,
You were a child living on the
streets and hanging around,
You'd felt so lonely, Oh yes in many
nights and you'd missed a helping hand
in lonely times.
When they mocked you and you've been crying,
A thousand deaths you're always dying.
[*Repeat]
Can't live in freedom, What's going on?
Oh, in this town the people ignore nuisance,
Oh, in this town you're unnessecary,
Can't live in freedom, What's going on?
Oh yes, I can see you dream of better times,
Oh your rotgut helps to dream.
You see a lady and she feeds her dog with cake,
Oh it's a shame your hungry eyes
They do not see,
Oh you learned to be a skip jack,
It's not the first time that you feel sad,
Take a gulp and dream of better times.
Too many years the people have despised you,
And now they wonder that
you don't accept their law,
Oh you see the grass is green
on the other side, when they mocked
you and you've been crying,
And I bet you're always crying?
[*Repeat]
They had told you
That you should believe in god,
They had told you
That all people will have equal rights,
Thay had told you
If you try you could find a job,
They had told you
If you try you could reach everything,
Oh no, Don't cloese your eyes,
Don't believe in silly lies!
Oh yes, I know this pain,
Oh you are down and feel ashamed,
Oh, with pink glassed on,
You mustn't see what happens really.
We wanna live with approbation,
Equal and free with liveration.
Maybe after the day when I die,
I will know the reason why!