They gather in the street parade
Urban streetlights show their age
Waiting for the train
To carry them on to nowhere fast

City sidewalks tough and grim
No good fortune only sin
Waiting in the hope
That someone will kindly spare some change

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Businessmen in overcoats
Got no change can't spare no notes
Passing by, passing by, passing by
Bottled blondes in diamond rings
Calvin Klein, Mercedes Benz
Passing by, passing by, passing by

Down the road the Pumpkin Man
Pull-cart trolley, orange hands
Gathering his load
To turn it all into soup cans

Chorus