I walk the streets without a boss
A rolling stone that gathers moss
A moss of love and life and sweat
You learn from those who’ve been in debt
There’re idiots and joker kings
There’re quietly spoken saints with wings
You sort amongst the sad and bad
It was the coolest job I ever had
You never know where things will lead
Where you’ll get the things you need
Gates open as others close
Take my time, and see how it goes
It’s bills today, my bags like lead
It’s worth it all to free my head
Marketeers spay the streets with junk
After cul-de-sacs your load has shrunk
On giro day it’s all the same
It’s the only time they’re glad you came
Like me before I was in a hole
Spending 12 months on the dole
You never know where things will lead
Where you’ll get the things you need
Gates open as others close
Take my time, and see how it goes
Our natural state’s to sleep at noon
Bite at the sun, bark at the moon
To work so hard you feel alive
Tonight in the Wragg then up at five
To smell the world as it sleeps
Hear your alarms, see the misty city weeps
The finest sight I’ve ever seen
Was sunrise over Minto street at 8am on Christmas Eve
You never know where things will lead
Where you’ll get the things you need
Gates open as others close
Take my time, and see how it goes
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