Story Behind The Song

Young teens left to roam the streets of Miami without parental concern.

Song Description

The potential for teens to stray when left unattended after school hours.

Lyrics

Latchkey

He doesn't know any better - Sets a fire in the yard,
Grabs a car parked on the corner -
Joyride to the boulevard.
There is a hole in his belly (there is a hole)
That a fix just cannot fill (cannot be filled)
And a lie can never cover,
it can't cover, it can never cover -

(chorus)
Screams, I am alone, I'm so alone, I am alone and
No one even knows I'm home, and no one cares.
I am alone, I'm so alone, I am alone
It doesn't matter what I do - what I have to do, no

He sees the boys on the telly -
Seems they never lose their cool,
And they never touch their bodies -
Never do the things he do.
There is a girl at the movies (there is a girl)
She doesn't know that he's alive (he's so alive)
She cannot feel his obsession,
she cannot feel it, cannot feel it -

(chorus)