Story Behind The Song
Seeing a homeless person holding a sign saying "Hungry and Cold" at the end of a freeway ramp.
Song Description
About homelessness and our reaction to it.
| Song Length |
4:10 |
Genre |
Country - Contemporary, Country - Traditional |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Heartbreaking, Distressed |
Subject |
Sorrow, Recovery |
| Similar Artists |
Tim Mcgraw, Luke Bryan |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Lyrics
Standing with my sign
At the end of the ramp
The wind swirling
And the ground is damp.
Sitting in your car
You're looking straight ahead.
And I can see
The thoughts move in your head.
And, yeah, you're right.
CHORUS
So many things I could have been
All the things I should have done.
Yeah, I know my story's getting old
But, tonight
I'm hungry
And cold.
Working on the line
Until the sun went blue
Moving up the ranks
I was just like you
I sat in my car
And I looked straight ahead
Read all the signs
And drove off instead.
Was I right?
CHORUS
Walking on the road
With my life in a bag.
Memory swirling
Over things I had
Nothing in my life
Goin' straight ahead
All I love
Just drove off instead.
Was that right?