Through New York City so hot
The summer swelter melting
Got things on my mind right now
In the alleys that I take
They just don't give up an inch
But they knocked me out cold too
The cost in flesh and blood is rising high
Things are falling apart it all seems
The waste of random acts of violence
Where's the Savior to resuce our dreams?
We're victims of a world that's gone so wrong?
I was lying in some darkened basement rescue mission
They're tending to my needs and wounds
They were such a sorry lot
The very bottom of the social ladder
I just caught myself before I cried
But they're the only ones there to help
Things are falling apart it all seems
Tears that speak in volumes
The eyes of all these hopeless people
Where's the Savior to rescue our dreams?
On victims of a power hungry world!