ask yourself this -will you leave me here

        lets hear this beat
c'mon won't you sing with me
you will?
that's great
get over here


             The music raises
but my heart stays low
i feel the beat in my soul
so calm and smooth
I don't want it to end so soon
I want hear all over the news

             every time I walk outside
nothing changes to me
the wind is so cold
to those out there
standing alone on the streets
asking for money from strangers
or people they'll never have a chance to meet
oohhh ohh ohhh oh oh
oohh ohh oh

                  They got no money or anywhere to go
but thats not any new news to them
so why do people walk away and leave them there
they're freezing out there so why do they walk away
I don't understand why people do this
why they leave them there and walk away
and not care

                       People around town look around,
looking for their family not knowing where to go
or how they got themselves into the situation
that they're in
you're not alone remember that
you got me promise you that

           ask yourself this
ask yourself this
ask yourself
how would you feel if it was you out here
standing alone on the god-damned streets
no money or no place to go
just the clothes you wear everywhere
got no family, or any home
no money, no car
only strangers that won't take me home

            The little girl with her teddy bear in her hand
won't let go, even at the end
She'll hold on to it,
it's the only thing she's got
why would you
why would you
take away the only thing to make her feel safe
you got everything in your god-damned house
the only thing she's got our her clothes
and the teddy bear her mother and father gave her
before they left her there to die slowly

     ask yourself this
ask yourself this
why would you hear this beat
and not give a damn
think about this, why don't cha

     They looks around trying to find a job
just to go get water or a sweater
they got nothing to hold onto
give them a quarter, or a god-damned dime
give them anything you got on you at the time
cause they got nothing to hold onto

          until they someone dies
they'll go to graves
to find a cloak of some sort
they got nothing to hold onto
but the clothes they wear everyday
they got nothing
you got everything to them
what's a quarter or a dime
you got all you need and you still want more
give them chance to survive
give them something other then the streets
and memories to hold onto
give them your strength
your power
your courage
to hold onto
their life
and try to find a place where
they can make things right
hep them find this place won't you
won't you
won;t you

   listen to me tonight
you hear this song
go outside and look around
look at all the people all around
and then look at the ones where
they hold onto their children
that aren't even their's
asking for people for a life, they never will have
and you walk away, and don't care
if that's you, don't walk away next time
give a smile and a hug to give them hope
that they may make it through this time