Be There

Cruising my way uptown
 On the west side
 Watching all the chitter chatter pass me by
 I see the energy pass in the streets
 Yeah I know that it's free, yeah I want that relief
 I see a cardboard sign and some very old hands and some very cold hands
 Watching everybody pass him by, why so cool all the time, where's the love in this life?
 Yeah I know things aren't getting better
 I'm just waiting for change in the weather
 And when your lights start shining down
 You know I'll be there when it goes
 and when the ground starts burning out
 Well I'll pick you right up out the cold
 Because in daylight when the sun starts burning out of grey skies
 You know my love will fill in that hole
 And when you hear my final cry
 Well I'll always be there in your soul
 I'll always be there in your soul...
 Driving by an old man sitting on a bench
 Wondering where his kids went wondering why they left
 Mama died years ago, papa was a mess
 so they stuck him in a home, all alone all depressed
 Every night he'd check the phones, "no messages" they'd say
 No visitors, no phone calls, everybody's gone away
 Sitting on this bench with his memories on rewind
 Why so cool all the time, where's the love in this life?
 Yeah I know things aren't getting better
 Well I'm just waiting for change in the weather
 And when your lights stop shining down
 You'll know I'll be there when it goes
 and when the ground starts burning out
 Well I'll pick you right up out the cold
 Because in daylight when the sun starts burning out of grey skies
 You know my love will fill in that hole
 And when you hear my final cry
 Well I'll always be there in your soul
 I'll always be there in your soul...
 Driving by my high school back to the start
 Watching little billy getting bullied in the yard
 By two older boys with ignorance in their heart
 Never kissed a girl, no phone, no car
 Billy didn't have a say and mama couldn't pay the rent
 Yeah, he prayed to God for another day
 He cried himself to sleep almost every single night
 Why so cool all the time, where's the love in this life?
 Yeah I know things aren't getting better
 Well I'm just waiting for change in the weather
 And when your lights stop shining down
 You'll know I'll be there when it goes
 and when the ground starts burning out
 Well I'll pick you right up out the cold
 Because in daylight
 Yeah
 You know my love will fill in that hole
 And when you hear my final cry
 Well I'll always be there in your soul
 I'll always be there...
 Cruising my way uptown
 On the west side
 Watching all the chitter chatter pass me by
 I see the energy pass in the streets
 Yeah I know that it's free, yeah I want that relief