He left home at 16, the days go by like years
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He didn't get much schooling but he learned a lot on the road
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He knows one thing, not to trust no one but himself
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He hopes and prays, but he knows his days are numbered
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Well, he hits the bottle to wipe out his fears
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But no one's there to wipe away those whiskey tears
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He's alone against the world
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He wonders if his girl back home is missing him at all
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He'd like to listen to her voice but he's too poor to call
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He told her that he's send for her if he could get ahead
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By now she's probably given him up for dead
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Night after night he's all alone
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Each step he takes, he's farther from home
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There's no one to help him, his parents don't care
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He stumbles through life on a wing and a prayer
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He boards a bus in L.A., winds up in New Orleans
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Bums a couple of cigarettes from a sailor in the depot
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Steals a couple of purses and buys himself a dingy room
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No matter where he stays, he knows his days are numbered
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Well, he slams the needle to wipe out his fears
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But there's no one there to wipe out those junkie tears
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He's all alone against the world
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He wound up in Raleigh with a bullet in his leg
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'You should have seen the other guy' as all he had to say
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Two bits away from help but he's afraid they will reuse his call
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He knows his days are numbered
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Stranded in the Midwest and he don't know where to go
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The west coast cops are on his tail, the east is full of snow
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He thinks, '4, 5, 6 more years of this, I'll lose my head
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And a few more years of crazy, I'll probably end up dead
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Oh god, I wish I was back home in my bed!'
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Night after night he's all alone
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Each step he takes is farther from home
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There's no one to help him, his parents don't care
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He stumbles through life on a wing an a prayer
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(He's crying, He's dying)
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It was only last year
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That he turned seventeen
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Now this ain't the life
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That a young boy should lead
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He's alone against the world!
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Alone Against The World
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| Adolescents |
