I stole a bible From a hotel room I can't pay the bill And check out time is noon Someone double crossed me And left me out to dry Now all I can do is pray And hope and angel happens by They said you'll never be nothing You're just a dead end kid Probably end up in prison Or maybe down on the skids No, you'll never be nothing You're just a dead end kid That's what they told me And that's what they said I wanna play my song Out across this lake From Starbra Bluffs Oh, we're in New York State I wanna show the world Something they ain't never seen I wanna take you somewhere You ain't never been They said you'll never be nothing You're just a dead end kid We know who you are We know what you did No, you'll never be nothing You're just a dead end kid That's what they told me That's what they said Some call it homeless Some call it stranded Some say it's like being alone I just call it abandoned Sleeping in the subways Hiding in the underground My momma was looking for me But I was nowhere to be found Now I'm no longer on the run I've had some luck and I'm doing well But I remember where I started from When I stole that bible from the hotel They said you'll never be nothing You're just a dead end kid You'll probably end up in prison Or maybe down on the skids No, you'll never be nothing You're just a dead end kid That's what they told me That's what they said