Brian J. N. Davis ✈︎ A Metropolitan Guide

Orphans

Goodbye, so long, I guess I'll see you in a year
I know the story's always centered on how we're gonna rise
But you don't believe that, and probably neither should I

But for tonight there's no direction home
And really no place else to go
Orphans gaze at faded stars
and old, run down, abandoned cars
Scurry down the busy streets
On one hand kids and the other thieves

So fare them well
Brothers and sisters, fare them well
I've wasted enough time chasing down this dream of mine
Like an orphan on a missing person sign
Unclaimed, and unrecognized
But in perfect view so life can keep on passing by

But it's probably best to think before you go off starting wars
with someone who's got nothing to lose
You can call it a cheap shot
but all is fair in love and war
And I don't mean to make it out of this alive
Like a kamikaze coming from the sky