In Every Big Town

In every big town there is a Poverty Street
Where only the poorest you can hope to meet
Homeless teenagers of broken homes who were born to lose
Who have turned to crime for to buy drugs and booze
It is so hard to live a successful life if you are born to fail
If your parents for drug related crimes are serving long terms in jail
Where no one wants to know of you when you are feeling down
Just one of the many homeless of the poor side of the town
Teenagers of the poor side of the town employers fail to impress
Where one does not have any hope of a job start without a postal address
Where circumstance of birth to prison for many does lead
Of success stories from Poverty Street there are so few of to read
In a Human World where the gap between the wealthy and poor does keep growing ever wide
To every big town there is a poorer side.