1-877-4AID-VET Lyrics

I'm a ghost in your city a shadow you ignore

You step right past me when I'm camped on the floor

You clutch your purse tighter you avoid my eyes

But you don't know my story don't know my cries

The concrete's cold the nights are long

Every moment's a battle just to hold on

You think I chose this? You think it's a game?

You don't even know my name

You don't see me you don't know

What it's like when you've got nowhere to go

You don't feel this hunger this pain inside

Every day's a war just to stay alive

You don't see me you just walk away

But I'm still here fightin' for another day

Had a home once had a life I knew

But the walls came crashing when the bills came due

Lost my job my pride and my faith in the world

Now I'm left in the rain as the thunder swirls

You call me lazy say I'm wasting time

But you don't see the system that's left me behind

Every coin you toss every glance you give

Feels like a question if I deserve to live

You don't see me you don't know

What it's like when you've got nowhere to go

You don't feel this hunger this pain inside

Every day's a war just to stay alive

You don't see me you just walk away

But I'm still here fightin' for another day

Look in my eyes—what do you see?

A stranger a problem or humanity?

You say Get a job but the doors are all locked

You don't see the chains the walls the blocks

Every shelter's full every bed's a fight

The world turns its back but I'm here every night

I'm more than my pain more than my fall

I'm human too—don't I deserve it all?

You don't see! You don't care! You don't know what it's like out there!

The rain keeps pourin' the cold cuts deep

But I'll rise from the ashes no time to weep

You don't see me you don't know

What it's like when you've got nowhere to go

You don't feel this hunger this pain inside

Every day's a war just to stay alive

You don't see me you just walk away

But I'm still here fightin' for another day

You don't know my name but I'm still here

A voice in the shadows loud and clear

You don't see me but I won't fade away