Beggin' In The Slums Lyrics - Lost Ground - Defeater

I ain't been sleeping well these days 

I lie awake listening to the trains 

Wishing for one of them 

To come take me away 

Lost my way every place I've been 

Tired of thinking of all the hurt I've seen 

Wishing for death 

To finally take me. 

My days are all the same 

On the corners I beg and plead 

I blow my lungs out 

For some strangers change 

The nights are long and cold 

Under bridges where you're all alone 

Embers of the fire build 

Like drifts of snow 

I've been thrown out 

I've been let down 

Never felt a promise 

Of this town 

That it was supposed to be 

When I left home 

I am washed up 

On my last breath 

Just an old man 

With nothing left. 

It ain't the way it was supposed to be 

When I came home. 

My ups and my downs 

Have burnt me out 

These people watching me 

The swan song that I sing 

And in the crowd 

I feel the eyes 

That have been broken down 

Just like mine. 

I hope these words dig deep 

I hope he's listening 

He sees what I've become 

Just a broken man begging in slums 

I found my hope 

Finally found my hope 

In the poor lost souls eyes 

That were burning just like mine.