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Three Weeks To Despair
 
 
Time now an empty shell 
Memories in the broken glass 
The daily journey to despair 
Where luck's poured out till nothing's left 
And she wants to run away 
Away from the light 
And the rain falls and the night calls 
In the shadows we've all passed 
 
Life like an empty book 
With pictures that fade and die 
Tears in a bottle of dreams 
Schemes that never last 
He wants to runaway, away from the lies 
And the rain falls and the night calls 
In the shadows we've all passed 
 
Hope in an empty box 
Reality in a paper cup 
Empty in a hungry world 
Did they fall or did we push? 
And they want to run away 
Away from the fight 
And the rain falls and the night calls 
In the shadows we've all passed 
Rain falls and the night calls 
In the shadows we've all passed 
 
Spoken by the homeless man: 
 
"I start about half eight in the morning, right, I do a bit of begging, like, till about nine at night-time." 
 
"There's only one problem with the police - they keep moving me on." 
 
"It's hard to make friends these days, they tell me." 
 
"I was in Stockport, once, right, begging, and I was kicked in the face." 
 
"I know I look a bit dirty and scruffy and so on." 
 
"I haven't had a bath now for two weeks - bad news, isn't it? I don't smell, do I?" 
 
"All right, you've got to have a joke, sometimes." 
 
"I haven't slept for two nights, now." 
 
"The last two places where I stopped, the kids burned it down." 
 
"They poured petrol on a homeless guy - they set him alight." 
 
"Why can't he go out and get a job?" 
 
Behind every tatty sleeping bag 
and cardboard box there is a human being 
with a family, a history and a personality 
 
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with a family, a history and a personality 
and cardboard box there is a human being 
Behind every tatty sleeping bag 
 
"Why can't he go out and get a job?" 
 
"They poured petrol on a homeless guy - they set him alight." 
 
"The last two places where I stopped, the kids burned it down." 
 
"I haven't slept for two nights, now." 
 
"All right, you've got to have a joke, sometimes." 
 
"I haven't had a bath now for two weeks - bad news, isn't it? I don't smell, do I?" 
 
"I know I look a bit dirty and scruffy and so on." 
 
"I was in Stockport, once, right, begging, and I was kicked in the face." 
 
"It's hard to make friends these days, they tell me." 
 
"There's only one problem with the police - they keep moving me on." 
 
"I start about half eight in the morning, right, I do a bit of begging, like, till about nine at night-time." 
 
Spoken by the homeless man: 
 
In the shadows we've all passed 
Rain falls and the night calls 
In the shadows we've all passed 
And the rain falls and the night calls 
Away from the fight 
And they want to run away 
Did they fall or did we push? 
Empty in a hungry world 
Reality in a paper cup 
Hope in an empty box 
 
In the shadows we've all passed 
And the rain falls and the night calls 
He wants to runaway, away from the lies 
Schemes that never last 
Tears in a bottle of dreams 
With pictures that fade and die 
Life like an empty book 
 
In the shadows we've all passed 
And the rain falls and the night calls 
Away from the light 
And she wants to run away 
Where luck's poured out till nothing's left 
The daily journey to despair 
Memories in the broken glass 
Time now an empty shell 
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