Boy, please don't throw away your life All the joy, please don't end it with a knife 'cause you know there's hope for you I was alone like the silence in the night I had no home no one close to hold me tight But you know there's hope for you, for you Everywhere I look I see your face Every step I take seems out of place You got to be a man to run the race I'm not a hopeless man How can you say I am? I was alone like the silence in the night I had no home no one close to hold me tight But you know there's hope for you, for you Everywhere I look I see your face Every step I take seems out of place You got to be a man to run the race I'm not a hopeless man How can you say I am