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I've Crashed In The Subways Of The Sinners

I've hitched around from town to town.
I've made a living on my own.
Just standing on the sidewalk. Strum a little song.
Trying to make the passers by sing along.

I've stood at the feet of many mountains.
I've seen losers, dealers, talkers. I've seen winners.
I've stumbled on the tricks of mindless ones.
I've crashed in the subways of the sinners.

I've watched steeples tumble to the ground.
Taking with them foundations of stone.
I've watched men starve from time to time.
Perhaps that's my biggest crime.

I've stood at the feet of many mountains.
I've seen losers, dealers, talkers. I've seen winners.
I've stumbled on the tricks of mindless ones.
I've crashed in the subways of the sinners.

I've seen girls taken by the hand.
Girls who really thought they loved their man.
A man but only in the eyes of a child.
With lust and evil running wild.

I've stood at the feet of many mountains.
I've seen losers, dealers, talkers. I've seen winners.
I've stumbled on the tricks of mindless ones.
I've crashed in the subways of the sinners.

I've seen reflections in the glass of one way mirrors.
I've seen atheists who've swore they were believers.
I've seen waterfalls of blood flow. Coming straight at me.
I've seen visions in my mind that only the blind should see.

I've stood at the feet of many mountains.
I've seen losers, dealers, talkers. I've seen winners.
I've stumbled on the tricks of mindless ones.
I've crashed in the subways of the sinners.

Written sometime in the early seventies