Only a Hobo

Stan Ridgway

    Continues after the ad

    I spied an old hobo, in the doorway he lay
    His face was all grounded in the cold sidewalk floor
    An I guess hed been there for the whole night or more

    Chorus:
    (he was) only a hobo, but one more is gone
    Leaving nobody to sing his sad song
    Leaving nobody to carry him home
    He was only a hobo, but one more is gone

    A blanket of newspaper covered his head
    As the step was his pillow, the street was his bed
    One look at his face showed the hard road hed come
    An a fistful of coins showed the money hed bummed

    Continues after the ad

    Chorus repeat

    Does it take much of a man to see his whole life go down
    To look up in the world from a whole in the ground
    To wait for your future like a horse thats gone lame
    To lie in the gutter and die with no name

    Chorus repeat

    Song details

    Composition:

    Did you see an error?

    Enviar revisão

    Related songs