From The Gutter To The Grave

Open up your eyes

Spare a thought for the children

From the gutter to the grave

No, that's not what we taught them

Fifty thousand kids out on the streets of the Lucky Country

From the gutter to the grave ain't a long way to fall

Responsibilities breakdown, no real fault of their own

No one to cling to, and no place to call their own

From the gutter to the grave, nowhere to run

Nobodies daughter, nobodies son

Time stands still, nowhere to run, no sanctuary

A desperate time

A desperate measure

All lost children

In the arms of the world

Misbegotten old and young, yesterday's deception

Forgive them our sins, deliver us right from wrong

Open up your eyes to the real world

And don't let crime become their only saviour

From the gutter to the grave, nowhere to run

Nobodies daughter, nobodies son

Time stands still, nowhere to run, no sanctuary, no

Screaming in silence

Reaching out, no one there to catch their fall

Running through madness

Alienated by society that they call

Socially outcast

No prison cell should hold discarded youth

Living on a daydream

Is this the end of honesty and truth ?

Playing with fire

Always guilty 'till proven innocent

Living in darkness

Now they live survival of the fit

Millions of people on the streets, could be your country

From the gutter to the grave ain't a long way, long way to fall

Open up your eyes, open up

From the gutter to the grave ain't a long way to fall

Open up your eyes

Don't let crime become their only saviour

(Ain’t a long way to fall)