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The Hobo Song

Sundown on the park
strolling through the city dark
I saw a local hobo on the bench
his beard his only souvenir of neglect to find his pocket mirror
his clothes were ripped and torn and full of stench
But something in his eyes told me
something went strange
something told me he was going home

(chorus) - now he's always flying high on that big old ship in the sky
flying to the heaven he don't know
I wonder if you passed him by and heard him say he was going to die
if he didn't get a dollar for the show.

he played a beat up lap guitar and he never made it very far
people laughed while he played for his meals
today I see his guitar gone - something he would never pawn
I wonder if that thief got a good deal
something in his eyes told me something had gone strange
something told me not to pass him by

(chorus)

Today I see him lying there in the park that never cared
who could care when they're too scared to know?
I called the ambulance it's true it wasn't really hard to do
I went somewhere nobody would dare to go
Because something in his eyes told me something had gone strange
something told me not to pass him by

(chorus)

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from The King Of Broken Hearts (2002), released December 31, 2002

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