Seven years old alone on the train
Forty second street in the rain... and my mother says
"take seventy five cents... for the homeless man..."

I'm dodgin the manholes
Feeling like i'm an island and... my mother says
"take seventy five cents... for the homeless man..."
And my mother says...
"take seventy five cents... for the homeless man..."

And she'd say that if they
Pick your pocket on... madison square garden
Chalk it up to experience... and if you
Meet your soulmate in central park
Keep your eye on your "ben franklin pie"
Just a little tip
Keep your eye on your "ben franklin pie"

Business men don't seem so tall
Like their towers they sometimes fall... so mother says
"take seventy five cents... for the homeless man..."
And my mother says...
"take seventy five cents... for the homeless man..."
And it's... hard for me to understand...
Why there's a homeless man...