Story Behind The Song

A man on the corner begging at a stoplight inspired me to write this song.

Song Description

I was driving after picking up art supplies, and there was a man, his wife and infant on the side of the road begging for money for food. The traffic was moving too quickly and no one could stop to help him, but, I thought about him for weeks afterward.

Lyrics

Invisible man by Alexandra Higgins 2025

The guy with the fancy new shoes
Driving his new sports car he thinks he's paid his dues
He revs up his engine
Car is shiny and red
He'll go home tonight to his wife
And nice warm bed

Drives by the invisible guy
Who's just looking to find
Something to eat
And some change with his cardboard sign
And for dinner tonight
He'll be somewhere in a long food line

We all drive by him
The invisible man
Begging for food he's begging
With his rusty tin can
But you think he's
No good
Probably just a druggie from the hood

How can you know?
Do the lines on his face have a story to show?

Is it somebody else's problem
The invisible man is somehow less than

The invisible man


It's easy to judge you haven't walked in his shoes
Haven't felt the hard times of his homeless day blues


We all drive by him
The invisible man
Begging for food he's begging
With his rusty tin can
But you think he's
No good
Probably just a druggie from the hood

How can you know?
Do the lines on his face have a story to show?

Is it somebody else's problem
The invisible man is somehow less than x 3

The Invisible man