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Better Change

from FUN by The Real Deal

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Better Change

You may not believe me,
You may not have faith in me,
But here’s a story as old as the hills,
It’ll earn your guilt and sorries,

Broke ass Mom can’t afford her children
Kids on the street to support her problem
They never got a shot, now they’re shooting coke and junk
Mom’s small shoes easily filled on society’s bill

I can paint you a picture
See the images on TV
But did you ever stop to think
That maybe there was more to this story

What you didn’t know is that Mom had symptoms
Of memory failure, paranoia, delusions.
One day she found herself involved with the wrong help
Now she’s working on the streets for drugs, selling sex and love

Expect the most; fear the least, from the unforgiving streets
You have a room without a view, judging the world without a clue
Help the strong; forget the weak, marching to an unfamiliar beat
We can stay and play these old games, or we can stay and play for better change

Now lies Mom near the phone, passed out, a broken dial tone
No one’s on the other line, no one was there to feel her die
Not a sound, no alarm, just that fucking needle in her arm
Waiting for her kids to get home, when they did they were

On their knees, they were begging please
To God, give Mom one more chance
At life, at health, at sweet romance
As they cradled their mother’s head she just laid there dead.

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from FUN, released May 5, 2009

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