Beggin' in the Slums

from Lost Ground by Defeater

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I ain't been sleepin' well these days
I lie awake listenin' to the trains
Wishing for one
To come take me away
I've lost my way every place I've been
I'm tired of thinkin' of all the hurt I've seen
Wishin' for death
To finally take me.

My days are all the same
On the corners I beg and play
I blow my lungs out
For some stranger's change
The nights are long and cold
Under bridges where you're all alone
Embers of the fire build
Like drifts of snow

I've been thrown out
I've been let down
Never felt a promise
Of this town
There was supposed to be
When I left home
I am washed up
On my last breath
Just an old man
With nothin' left.
It ain't the way it was supposed to be
When I came home.

My ups and my downs
Have burnt me out
These people watchin' me
And the swan song that I sing
And in the crowd
I see the eyes
That have been broken down
Just like mine.
I hope these words dig deep
I hope he's listenin'
And sees what I've become
Just a broken man beggin' in slums
I found my hope
I finally found my hope
In the poor lost soul's eyes
That were burnin' just like mine.

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from Lost Ground, released November 17, 2009

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