(x02420)You're tired and you're poor
You l ong to be f ree
But in this Godforsaken land
You find no h ome no fam ily
On the m any roads that you've w andered
Since the d ay of your b irth.
You've b ecome one of the l ast
Lonely and w retched.
Your hair is matted
Your f ace and hands are d irty
And the years that you've toiled
Must n umber somewhere near t hirty.
The d eepening of a s adness
Broke f inally into m adness.
You are t ruly one of the l ast
Lonely and w retched.
Your eyes are wild and frightening
At the s ame time they are b lessed
And I wonder if God died
Turned his b ack or only just rested.
And you w alked out on the s eventh day
Through the b ig gates and o n your way
To b ecome one of the l ast
Lonely and w retched.
For o nce you were a c hild.
Your cheeks were r ed
You were well f ed.
You laughed and p layed
Till you got t eary
Ran to your m other
When you were w eary.
But somewhere you were forsaken
Alo ne I'll not bear the blame
And somehow all was taken
Your m ind your body your n ame.
Forg ive us our u nkindness
Our des ertion and our b lindness
With y ou all the l ast
Lonely and w retched.
Forg ive us all the l ast
Lonely and w retched.