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