Locked Away Lyrics

Young son went to Vietnam

And it banged and rang up his brains

He slept in the alleyways

And he hid on the trains

Street is his home now

And he's been walking and talking in tongues

He's hungry for dinner

So he does what has to be done

And he thinks of his mother and what she'd have to say

As they locked him away

I know I could be you

Circling around that cold drain

I know I could wash away

And never, ever come back

It's easy to judge and

Don't it feel so good

To think I would never walk down that road

If I was wearing your shoes

But I know there's a part of me that would burn and pain the same way

And they'd lock me away

So many ways to do the right thing and it turns out all wrong

And so much of my lifetime has come and it's gone

So easy to say what I should have done yesterday

So easy to talk about tomorrow

But I'm standing here now, just wondering how

I might as well just be here for a while

When are you coming home, when are you coming home

When are you coming home, when are you coming home

When are you coming home, when are you coming home

When are you coming home, when are you coming home

When are you coming home, when are you coming home