Fountain & Vine Lyrics - Joyride - Oleander

Open your shelters and let us all in 

Tired and homeless and hungry again 

Outside my window at fountain and vine 

Drunks and the addicts are forming a line 

Sharing their stories to comfort despair 

Carry the weight of the crosses they bare 

Praying for courage and wisdom to change 

Serenity costs more than pocket book change 

I want to tear down the walls 

And shatter the image that falls 

I want to turn all the tables 

And give back what doesn't belong to me 

Sleeping on sidewalks is how people live 

Begging for something, no one wants to give 

Size of your wealth is a bottle of wine 

Sipped with your friends, you'll soon leave behind 

Are your children in flames? 

Incarcerated and bound by the chain? 

Strangers paralyze 

Down in the gutters of fountain and vine 

I want to tear down the walls 

And shatter the image that falls 

I want to turn all the tables 

And give back what doesn't belong to me 

Feel like running away, running away 

Tired of seeing them falling aside 

There's no running away, running, running away 

I want to tear it all down 

Build it all up from the ground 

I want to tear down the wall 

And shatter the image that falls on me 

The view from down here 

Brings mention to mind 

Everything's sacred on fountain and vine