Broken Home Blues

[Intro] [Softly] My mom's gone again Bars are her home No dad around here I’m all alone [Ambient Sounds] [Verse 1] School's never the same Skipped every day Food stamps dried up Nothing left to say [Percussion Break] [Chorus] GROWING TOO FAST NO TIME TO REST ROACHES AROUND IN THIS HOUSE OF MESS DRUGS IN THE AIR NIGHT TURNS TO DAY PARTIES AT 3AM NO ESCAPE [Break] [Verse 2] Hungry all the time Government cheese all I find Friends never knew What’s on my mind [Percussion Break] [Bridge] [Reflectively] Broken dreams In this shattered space No light inside But I find my grace [Break] [Verse 3] School nights turn wild The noise never ends Fakin' a smile Makin’ amends [Percussion Break] [Verse 4] Quick breakfast of bread and eggs Welfare food to fill our legs Run home from school, throw down my pack Skateboarding with Jason, never looking back [Urban Ambiance] [Verse 5] Mom and her man, a trashy scene One used for money, the other for a dream Alcohol and drugs, up till dawn No clothes for school, mom always gone [Break] [Chorus] GROWING TOO FAST NO TIME TO REST ROACHES AROUND IN THIS HOUSE OF MESS DRUGS IN THE AIR NIGHT TURNS TO DAY PARTIES AT 3AM NO ESCAPE [Break] [Bridge] [Softly] Living on the streets with my friends so free Skateboarding and biking was our reality Turned eighteen, joined the Navy strong Left behind the broken, where I didn't belong [Break] [Outro] [Reflectively] No escape, but found my way From broken dreams to a brighter day [Break]