STREET VIEW lyrics

if I could get out
of this dirty town
I'd be on the road
before the sun went down

but my roots are here
and my family too
you can't just abandon them
even when they don't want you

so I make a living
busking on the corner
it wouldn't be so bad
if it was just a little warmer

and everyday's a promise
and every night's a curse
one thing is for certain
that things just can't be worse

from the street view
from the street view
everything is old
there's nothing new

from the street view
from the street view
there's just me and you
me and you

the battles keep on coming
nobody knows what for
nobody can remember
what started the new war

the liars keep on lying
the rich just make us pay
for the guns that keep us down
make all the rest a slave

I may be a bum
but I am more free
than a man tied down with work
I'm blessed with poverty

it all seems so clear
why folks is filled with fear
but I just keep on singing
that's why I'm standing here

with the street view
I got the street view
from the bottom to the top
aint seeing nothing new

the sailors keep on sailing
the fliers have to fly
the soldiers keep on shooting
somebody has to die

from the street view
from the street view
there's nothing new
nothing new

===============