If ever you are walkin' down the lonely street No one to lean on No one to help you on Cars and buildings so high Disparity so wide The only dreams we can see Are the ones on the TV If you need somebody, If you need, If you grieve, I'm your sole salvation The city is on fire Can't you see these streets emptied in ashes, witless made afraid made expatriates made youth of idle science and unbelief so far from my brother passin' down the street