Thom Quick - Beggarman Lyrics

Realize, the look in his eyes how he must have wondered
He worked hard all his life to buy him a wife, and grab the thunder
Never thought he'd be so distraught only ten years later
He'd lose his job and his home, his wife on the phone, his Alma mater
What will he be? A Beggarman
Just come and see the Beggarman

The city's cold, especially the old have to fight to stay warm
You wanna save your life? You carry a knife: Another night in the jungle
What will it be? Will you ever be free from the chains that bind ya
You know that finally one day you'll break away and find utopia
But how will it end? A Beggarman
A new beginning? Beggarman

I can work and be strong
If I can, I'm a man
I can never go wrong
I'll never be a Beggarman

I can work to be strong
I know I can... I'm a man
I will never go wrong
I will never be a Beggarman

Welcome to America
Land of the free
You do what you want to do
Including sleep in the streets

Education and the motivation - Movin' up the ladder
You got to drink the best wine and score ya a line, then the next day after
Cold shiver, you look in the mirror and you see what you want to see
But the mirror don't lie: Look in your eyes! G'bye reality

What will you be? A Beggarman
Oh, can't you see the Beggarman

And now you see the Beggarman
Why must you be the Beggarman
Will he ever be free? the Beggarman
No, no, no, don't you be The Beggarman