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This is rough and um I mean I ain't slept in a lil while I done slept under bridges I done slept in little cardboard boxes And stuff, you know just surviving Especially in winter time, it's the hardest time And like uh, I go to fill out applications for a job and stuff They look at me, you know I'm not looking presentable And then they, well we'll call you, leave a number behind How can I leave a number when I don't have a phone There is a man under the bridge a couple blocks from where I live Filthy pair of kicks and you can see all of his ribs I feel the urge to serve today but I can't really give Cause I just left the crib, inside I got a couple kids But I stop the car to sit and chat about the things he has He said, I ain't got nothing but the clothes that's on my back He said, I feel more free than I think I ever have I'm freer than that car you drive or what you pay in tax I said damn, I often think too truly I'm the man Cause I've collected so much treasure I can't hold it in my hands It's been supply in demand but at times I do feel low down Awakened by the fact that I'm buried by the things I own now They say you do not own possessions, I guess that be true Cause if you slip and lose your grip, they end up owning you I don't know how to feel so I just stare into the blue SongtexteAnd wonder deep inside exactly what you gonna do If I give you this money will you save it up for food Or blow it all on booze, I wouldn't judge you if you do This life is hard enough to go it sober, that is true So I enjoy a sip or two, it helps me to get through But if I give you this money, would you aim for something big? Turn it all around and give the world a couple gifts Make the world a better place to live and exist I'm not sure I'll truly ever get the gist of the man under the bridge The man under the bridge It hurts to see you living like this Mr. Man Under The Bridge Bridge down the street, bridge across the world We so used to seeing others that we no longer bothered to think now My father gave the lady money to eat now Said he felt bad for the kid Who hasn't even got a fair shot at this life Oh what a bitch, paying for the sins of his mama that ain't legit On the streets so long he don't know anything but this And he still here, happy to exist If I give you this money would you save it up for food Or blow it all on booze, I wouldn't judge you if you do This life is hard enough to go it sober, yeah that's true Shit I enjoy a sip or two, it helps me to get through But if I give you this money, would you aim for something big? Turn it all around and give the world a couple gifts Make this world a better place to live and exist I'm not sure I'll truly ever know the risk of the man under the bridge The man under the bridge It hurts to see you living like this Mr. Man Under The Bridge It's really humiliating to be shaking a cup 24 hours a day And people just look at you like you some kind of lil bum You know what I'm saying, I mean I have Had people walk past me and say get a job bum And I say wait a minute, I'm not a bum, I'm a human being Aus Songtexte Mania