Midnight

By Cruz Contreras

I’ve not a dollar to my name
Mister could you share a little change
It’s getting cold and I’m alone
Just a little help on your way home

I used to sell carpets down in Georgia
Makin’ good money for me and my gal
I came home from work early
I wish to the lord I would have called

A tortured month in Atlanta
No escape from the pain
I squandered all that I was given
Gonna go were no one knows my name

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Now it’s midnight under the railroad tracks
One eye open, watchin’ my back
There’s only one for me to blame
I never thought life would turn out this way
I never thought life would turn out this way

In this town everybody knows my game
They see me comin’ and they look away
I could get a job and make them proud
But I’d surely let them down
Yes I know I’d let ‘em down

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Hey there buddy you’re my friend
It’s all the same in the end
What you’ve done for the least of mine
I’ll remember for sometime
Yes I’ll remember for sometime

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