You make your plans you make your plans
I highly doubt there's ever been
one brand new mother who looked at her brand new son and
thought
one day he will have no place to call his own he'll
sing for pity money on the street
the public concrete propery will always contain his feet
A life he swears off every day
but nighttime comes and it's as if he doesn't have much say-ay-ay
 
Oh no job no home
no money nowhere to go
and I'd be happy to go to work for the man
if he'll hire someone with a past
and overlook my scarlet history
and hire me as who I'm supposed to be

Well I earned my paycheck honestly
and this man and his wife came up to me
the two of them were about to be three
but they were on the street he said to me
"can you help us get on the train"
so I gave them a part of a previous day
and I started heading for the train
I looked behind me and I thought it was in faith
but too late
and saw them walking off the other way-ay-ay

How much more
money can I give to the poor
when it only ends up in the hands 
of those who have them in
a stranglehold

Love, you fool
if I told you gullible
was written on the ceiling
you would look wouldn't you
and you'd look at me and I would be the fool
you'd look at me and I would be the fool

Why are you giving me water
when I live inside the sea oh
why are you giving me fire
when I live up in a tree
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Don't look down on the homeless
one day you may be homeless too
Jesus callin' on the main line
you better tell him what you want