Broken People

Broken People

I saw you standin all alone
on the cold street just below
huddled in an old tweed coat
broke and homeless in the snow.

I cannot see the hurt you hold
or the demons haunting you
but still I wonder what it was
that cut your heart in two.

Bridge

There's plenty wrong in this old world
sadness never disappears
there's broken people left behind
in the rain they hide their tears.

I traveled far from New York streets
to LA's Sunset Strip
did the things I had to do
always shootin from the hip.

Bridge

Now every day I wait to see
what cruel streets bring my way
and every night I pick along
on this old guitar and play.

Chorus

Broken people broken souls
broken spirits in the cold
heartless actors in their roles
heartless streets will make you old.

Chorus

Broken people broken lives
broken husbands broken wives
heartless streets and pourin rain
broken people all in pain.