The sky is dark, the snow is falling Gotta find somewhere that's warm and bright Down in the subway station 500 seeking shelter from the night Say a prayer for the forgotten Say a prayer for you and me There are homeless in our city None of us are free None of us are free Ashes to ashes, dust to dust When nowhere else will take you These streets they must In nothing we believe in In no one we trust Ashes to ashes, dust to dust Now, the world don’t owe no living Just a chance for a decent life And if we can’t help everybody Well, don’t we still have to try Say a prayer for the forgotten Say a prayer for you and me There are homeless in our city None of us are free None of us are free Ashes to ashes, dust to dust When nowhere else will take you These streets they must In nothing we believe in In no one we trust Ashes to ashes, dust to dust You gotta be rich to be sick Man, it’s catch-22 When you got no friends or family Man, there’s nothing you can do Cause someone’s gotta pay For a hospital bed And it costs a king’s ransom I’d have been better off dead My life fell like dominoes My job and then my home By the time I was well There was nowhere I could go No place to call home Just one place I could go Ashes to ashes, dust to dust When nowhere else will take you These streets they must In nothing we believe in In no one we trust Hey, I once held the brass ring But it crumbled to my touch I once held the brass ring But it crumbled to my touch Ashes to ashes Dust to dust