Open your shelters and let us all in
Tired and homeless and hungry again
Outside my window at fountain & vine

Drunks and addicts are forming a line

Sharing their stories to comfort dispair

Carry the weight of the crosses they bare
Praying for courage and wisdom to change
Serenity costs more than pocket book change


I want to tear down the walls
And shatter the image that falls

I want to turn all the tables
And give back what doesn't belong to me


Sleeping on sidewalks is how people live
Begging for something no one wants to give
Size of your wealth is a bottle of wine

Sipped with your friends you'll soon leave behind

Are your children in flames?

Incarcerated and bound by the chain?
Strangers paralyze
Down in the gutters of fountain & vine


Feel like running away
Tired of seeing them falling aside

There's no running away

I want to tear it all down

Build it all up from the ground
I want to tear down the wall
And shatter the image that falls on me


The view from down here
Brings mention to mind

Everything's sacred on fountain & vine