The Killigans - Kids On the Street Lyrics
Set me down on these leaves of brown where my feet feel safe at lastI’ve been gone so long, where the time has gone, my memory’s fading fastMy house has burned where it stood laid bare, left is rubble now to meA broken swing lies fallen now, ‘neath this damn old pin oak treeAnd the children are roaming the streetRunning wild in the mid summer’s heatThey’re out there somewhere chasing stars while they nod off to sleepFor a life that I’d left lingers onMy feet are tired and my whiskey’s all goneI’ll just lay here a while counting stars till I nod off to sleepA broken mirror lay, all the pieces share a thousand memories etched in my mindNever once did I see a man broken down who wasn’t trampled and left far behindA single bell rolls through the autumn sky, a days work is done and goneSo go my sons home to your wives and kids make your and rest easilyAnother day will come put on your worker’s boots and you’ll toil till the nightfall comesAnd the stars up above will shine down through the night till you wake to that warm autumn sun
