Lyrics Homeless - Luka Bloom

Homeless

It was a homeless man in Hollywood who got me thinking
We’d just flown in from San Francisco;
we’d been flying
And driving for weeks.
This day I saw a homeless man on
The street in Hollywood.
I felt the usual mix of sorrow for him
And anger at a society that makes a man live like this
Later on I thought about it more, he affected me differently
He really looked together, really organised.
He was a survivor
I’m sure his life is really tough, but I felt a deep sense of
Respect for him, much more than pity.
Then I asked myself
Why did I react this way.
It struck me, that here in this crazy
World, there was a man, who drives no car, who flies no plane
Who heats no home;
in a time of global warming his co2
Emissions are pretty much zero.
This homeless man in
Hollywood is a model urban citizen
I on the other hand, I live this life of good intentions
I travel the world, I try to be aware of the earth, I sing my songs
I look and hope for change.
But out on the road, I fly everyday
I drive everyday, I heat my home, and burn up so much fuel
That if everyone lived like me, we’d need about 4 planets
Just to keep it all going… Shit!
Funny how a homeless man in Hollywood got me thinking…
Men like him just walk the walk, and men like me…
Well, we talk a good talk…
It was a homeless man in Hollywood…
Homeless…