Corey Smith - A Better Place Lyrics
Tasha's got a room at the county shelterThe cops took her there when her mama got hauled awayLittle brother and her can't even stay togetherShe cries each night wondering why it's gotta be this wayAnd she says "I wish I was anyone but me"Yeah she'd pack her life in a heartbeat for a little change of sceneryAnd she keeps looking for a better placeSomewhere she can wear a smile upon her faceA home to welcome with a warm embraceThere's no way to disguise her lonely eyesLooking for a better placeBobby's doing time in youth detentionPulled a switch blade knife on some boy making fun at schoolAnd all he wanted was a little attentionAnd a temporary escape from the ridiculeAnd now he's in real deep with the freaks and the criminalsAnd he wonders when his time is up if he'll know himself at allAnd he keeps dreaming of a better placeSomewhere he can have a little room to make mistakesA home to help him wash the past awayOh he don't need too much, just a little loveIn a better placeIn a better placeJamie's got a room in a 3-story brick homeDaddy makes a lotta money, mama keeps her laundry cleanAnd she's got a $200 Abercrombie outfit onDrives a brand new car that she got when she turned 16Still she spends every night getting high with her so-called friendsAnd she's dropping hundred dollar bills on quarterbags, says she's never coming down againAnd she keeps looking for a better placeFailing to realize how good she's got it madeHer loving home, she don't appreciateOh it's crazy but it's true, she doesn't have a clueShe's living in a better placeIn a better placeIn a better placeWe're all lookin for a better place
