I wrote this song when I was about 18 after a spell of sofa surfing / sleeping rough that sometimes catches us..
lyrics
Alone, feel the night close in
Feel the pain begin to get through
Alone, no one hears your tears, no one sees your fears
There's only you
Pray and pray for the night to end
Where there's people with no time to spend
On someone who's without a friend
Close your eyes, and pray again, and ....
Screams on an empty street, echo 'round your feet
And fade away
Like dreams that fill your head, turn to dust instead
They're yesterday
Feel the cold misty morning air
Settle on your face and on your hair
You need a place but you don't know where
You need a friend, but no one cares for you
Days don't have no names, they're all the same
The whole year round
So stay another day in the same old place
Where you won't be found
Run and hide from the ones that knew you
Was it they that threw you on the road
Haunt the places that you once knew
Where you grew all alone
You're on your own
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