Randy was abandoned when he was young Angela was cast out of a careless home Marcus knew what it meant to survive He knew you didn't own your life, it was only on loan They knew that the choir of knives must sing for its supper They thought themselves war orphans Dumpster babies, throw aways Dickensian cut pockets and cherub faced theives The truth was less glamorous as usually is the way They were hungry, homeless, and huddled against the freeze They joked that the choir of knives must sing for its supper Randy caught pneumonia at the tail end of December Without a doctors care this family would lose a member They feared that they choir of knives must sing for its supper Coughs racked his body and desperation grew Marcus only wanted to help his friend so it became true That the choir of knives must sing for its supper