Two a.m., a junction, innocence takes flight sense has lost all function, stranded in the night The albatross has the nest, he's breaking family ties He recalls his mother weeping her hands held to her eyes His alcoholic father was too drunk to or care That the rod not spared had spoiled child, his only son and heir
The city lights have pulled him southward, magnets in his Where the streets are paved gold and lady luck is kind
The boy only some attention, he's wasting our time never survive on his own, for he's no son of mine
There's thousands more just like him, seeking love they've never No hearth and to call his own, our fox has run to ground His father taught him right from wrong and him black and blue Caressed the boy his clenched fist, the only way he knew
He went to school that much 'cause he could not disguise The and bruises on his legs, the rings around his eyes
He needed a family to help him to shine All he has is a ticket to ride on the poverty
He stirs from his gin and Temazapam To while he slept someone has done him over His things are all missing or strewn 'cross the And he can't quite recall the of the evening before
As race by, our young prince waits, behind his cardboard shield An Oxfam crown upon his head, his thumb a to wield A shoddy clad knight of the road, the quest is by glowing street lights in the night, and smoke by day
The lights have pulled him southward, magnets in his mind the streets are paved with gold and lady luck is kind
The boy only wants some attention, wasting our time He needed a family to help him to shine
He'll never survive on his own, for no son of mine All he has is a ticket to ride on the line