Bring the Old Man Home Lyrics

I stepped off a train in New York City

Hailed a cab to someplace warm

Moving too fast, trying to brush away the past

Like I do, every single day

I look away, I look away

Now I'm walking down Bleeker Street

This neighborhood hasn't changed

This old man hides away, in Sister Adam's doorway

Different face, but it still feels the same

To this day, I still look away

Can you feel a stranger's pain

Is it enough to make a change

Will you keep on passing by

Without looking in their eyes

Would you be the one to make amends

If they were family or a friend

Should they be left there all alone

Or is it time to bring that old man home

Now I stand looking in this old man's eyes

Takes me back to my old man's life

He'd say it's not his town, when he was sleeping on the ground

But not because hie did not try

Ashamed to say, I still looked away

My old man was larger than life

Looking through a young child's eyes

And all those years later, he became a stranger

All alone, in his pain.

I can't believe, I still looked away

Can you feel a stranger's pain

Is it enough to make a change

Will you keep on passing by

Without looking in their eyes

Would you be the one to make amends

If they were family or a friend

Should they be left there all alone

Or is it time to bring that old man home

Now I'm reaching out my hand

To that cold and lonesome man

From the doorway to the shelter of my home

Nobody should feel left alone

Can you feel a stranger's pain

Is it enough to make a change

Will you keep on passing by

Without looking in their eyes

Would you be the one to make amends

If they were family or a friend

Should they be left there all alone

Or is it time to bring that old man home