I’m a reflection of what is unseen By people inside the machine I try to survive here I tuck my tail right Between my thighs Fear, afraid of the things that I see Of people and weather and streets I know it’s said by some A cat has nine lives But I’ve got one
CHORUS: If you hold out a helping hand to me I will probably stay alive See a new day If you hold back your helping hand from me I will probably not survive Through the night
Life, hoodlums and pigs and the cold Too early for me to grow old Moving the countdown Seven years have changed to one Be, be as strong as I can Inside I know who I am I’m homeless and hungry, but I am still a man
CHORUS
Take a look below where you’re walking There’s someone who will die without your charity Take a look below where you’re walking For a moment see the unseen Inside of me where the same blood flows Like in all of us Inside of me where the same God knows ’Cause his eyes they see us Inside of me where the same heart’s beating Like in all of us Inside of me where the same God knows ’Cause his eyes they see us