Homeless Persons' Memorial Day Top 100 Songs
Song #61
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Desert Rose Band
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singles on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts until disbanding in February 1994.
"Homeless" is a song written by Chris Hillman and released on the band's second studio album titled, Running, in 1988. The song tells the story of a woman and her children living on the streets after her husband lost his job, went out drinking with friends and never came home.
"Homeless" is a song written by Chris Hillman and released on the band's second studio album titled, Running, in 1988. The song tells the story of a woman and her children living on the streets after her husband lost his job, went out drinking with friends and never came home.
He was laid off on a friday night went out
drinkin' with his friends,
she stayed in the car with the kids all night,
he never came back again.
drinkin' with his friends,
she stayed in the car with the kids all night,
he never came back again.
It turns out that the car that she stayed in with the kids all night had been their home. It's pretty much a sad song and the beautiful steel guitar work plays on the emotions of the listener as well.
Hillman told The Tennessean in 1988: "I saw a woman who had the look in her, not of a drug addict or a mental patient, but just of a person. Steve Hill and I concocted a scenario based on that."
Hillman told The Tennessean in 1988: "I saw a woman who had the look in her, not of a drug addict or a mental patient, but just of a person. Steve Hill and I concocted a scenario based on that."
"Homeless"
Lyrics
She started out a rodeo queen,
future looked just fine
fell in love with a boy in school,
married an assembly line
they were huntin' down the american dream
wonderin' where it'd gone
when they found themselves
to be fair game lost their home
He was laid off on a friday night went out
drinkin' with his friends
she stayed in the car with the kids all night,
he never came back again
oh what was she to do,
where was she to go
is home really where the heart is
when the heart can't feel at home
Homeless, her and her family
homeless, is this the way of livin' free
and her house is an abandoned car
at the side of the road
homeless, will she find where that road goes
Her time is now so precious,
she hunts for work and food
their clothes are torn and tattered,
so her kids stay out of school
she looks for hope under every can
"at the sound of the tone
just leave a message. we'll call you back"
but they know she's not at home
Homeless, her and her family
homeless, is this the way of livin' free
and her house is an abandoned car
at the side of the road
homeless, will she find where that road goes
In this land of milk and honey
we share with all who need
except the ones outside our door,
the ones we cannot see
it's the proud, the true,
the faithful left out in the cold
it's people just like you and me
at the end of the road
Homeless, her and her family
homeless, is this the way of livin' free
and her house is an abandoned car
at the side of the road
homeless, will she find where that road goes
homeless, will she find where that road goes
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