Story Behind The Song

On a winters day in Anchorage Alaska, a man was on a street corner holding a sign asking for help. He was veteran and was clearly homeless. The look in his eyes conveyed even more than the story told on the sign he was holding. We should all know that we could more easily than we know find ourselves in this unwanted situation.

Song Description

On a winters day in Anchorage Alaska, a man was on a street corner holding a sign asking for help. He was veteran and was clearly homeless. The look in his eyes conveyed even more than the story told on the sign he was holding. We should all know that we could more easily than we know find ourselves in this unwanted situation.

Lyrics

CRACK IN THE SIDEWALK
Words and Music by Terry Holder


Ten days of growth shadow his face
His coats held together with an old shoelace
He stands on a corner everyday for free
Begging for coins and a little empathy

There's a crack in the sidewalk
Where the less fortunate fall
There's a crack in the sidewalk
Where the less fortunate fall

A bought cup of coffee and a half smoked cigarette
Just feeds his habits compounding his regrets
Disfigured from the war his sign implied
Do we take for granted everything he's been denied

There's a crack in the sidewalk
Where the less fortunate fall
There's a crack in the sidewalk
Where the less fortunate fall

Blown by the wind
Drenched by the rain
Doesn't anybody anybody
Recognize his pain...

If you looked in his eyes all you'd see was dark
A half eaten soul of a man who'd lost his spark
Desperation was the only hope he's known
Yet nobody chooses to be born under a stone

There's a crack in the sidewalk
Where the less fortunate fall
There's a crack in the sidewalk
Where the less fortunate fall
Where the less fortunate fall