What is this world we live in?
I sit on the streets watching the lights go dim.
Couples walking hand in hand, people rushing by and cars passing.
Kids laughing, people screaming, lights flashing.
As the night goes on and it starts to get cold.
Children go indoors and lights go off, people on the streets, drugs getting sold.
Homeless people finding a spot on the floor huddling against the wall.
No one there to pick them up if they fall.
Gun shots, runnning and a final scream.
Some one wake me up from this dream.

I watch the sun rise, its another day.
Getting up and finding another place to stay.
I find myself infront of a highschool sitting on the steps watching a girl walk by.
Her expression wary, holding in the tears not wanting to cry.
Her friends walk up to her and she smiles putting on a fake expression pretending everything is fine.
Though if you look underneath you'll realize her and her family are struggling for every dime.
Her boyfriend runs up to her excited and gives her a kiss.
She puts her hand in his, no one knowing how much she needs him now, the things we can't see from the inside, the things people always seem to miss.
Because deep inside she hides afraid.
Not knowing what to do, who to tell of the child her and her boyfriend has made.

I walk on stopping by a house, its a family two kids and parents that have been married ten years.
Though the wife stays home and takes care of the kids and loves her husband deeply, she still has fears.
He leaves in the morning and doesn't come home till late in the night.
Though he says that it was busy, or something came up but the answer never seems right.
Scared to believe, though she knows its the truth, but what will she do.
She has no job, two kids she needs to provide for and protect, though it hurts her and she knows its true.
Her husband is having an affair, the girl is young, beautiful, she's tight for money, and needs a raise.
He got married early, wasn't really ready, he's her boss and he gives her money and praise.
The wife not being able to make it on her own, stays with her husband though she is depressed and has a lot of strife.
She wonders what is this world we live in, what is this life.

What is this world we live in?
I sit on the streets watching the lights go dim.
Couples walking hand in hand, people rushing by and cars passing.
Kids laughing, people screaming, lights flashing.
As the night goes on and it starts to get cold.
Children go indoors and lights go off, people on the streets, drugs getting sold.
Homeless people finding a spot on the floor huddling against the wall.
No one there to pick them up if they fall.
Gun shots, runnning and a final scream.
Some one wake me up from this dream