The Big Issue

Lyrics

[Intro] There are those, spend the night Under bridges over by the river Down in the park through the winter But there's a house that I know Safe and warm, and no one ever goes there Down where the priests bless the wine [Verse 1] She's been born into the wrong time She keeps nonsense on her mind She's a poet, she's a builder She's as bored as bored can be She's a have-not, she's a know-all She knows just how to say yes She's skating frozen chaos 'Til the no-good gods are dead [Pre-Chorus 1] But sometimes in the dead of night Woken by the city lights She wonders how she keeps alive [Chorus] This is the girl who lost the house which Paid to the man who put up the rent and Threw out the girl to feather his own sweet home [Verse 2] She's a clueless social climber Likes the wrong side of the bed She's a pick-me-up and she's a drink-to-me In the company of friends She's tried every variation She's so common, she's so cold She's homesick for a future Can't stomach what she's told [Pre-Chorus 2] On every street in every town All her days are up and down At home among the lost and found [Chorus] This is the girl who lost the house which Paid to the man who put up the rent and Threw out the girl to feather his own sweet home [Bridge] Here's the good Samaritan Looks away and carries on Looks away and carries on [Chorus] This is the girl who lost the house which Paid to the man who put up the rent and Threw out the girl to feather his own sweet home This is the girl who lost the house which Paid to the man who put up the rent and Threw out the girl to feather his own sweet home [Chorus] (There are those, spend the night) This is the girl who lost the house which (Under bridges over by the river) Paid to the man who put up the rent and (Down in the park through the winter) Threw out the girl to feather his own sweet home (But there's a house that I know) This is the girl who lost the house which (Safe and warm, and no one ever goes there) Paid to the man who put up the rent and (Down where the priests bless the wine) Threw out the girl to feather his own sweet home [Outro] Thank you for every tree and flower Thank you for every sky of blue Thank you, I should be every hour Truly thanking you [Interlude] (I only recognize two tunes: Silent Night and God Save the Queen.) (And I only know which is which 'cause one of them everybody stands up to.)