San Jacinto St.

There's a place downtown San Jacinto St
Where I woke up in a blur no shoes on my feet
A toothless man handed me my specs
He said you're lucky someone didn't keep what you had left
The cold in my feet that started from the floor rose up
Higher when he said...
What you in for?

A buddy of mine he said you ain't livin' life
If you've never been in trouble or done a little time
Sleep that mischief off on a slab of concrete
Talk to some fella's do a meet and greet
And that'll keep ya out of county on San Jacinto St

Folks in orange sure kept me fed
With bologna and cheese and a piece of bread
I tried to make a call but got a dead end
So I ask the toothless man how long he'd been in
I keep the talk small so I'm not in deep
With folks that keep me coming back to San Jacinto St

A buddy of mine he said you ain't livin' life
If you've never been in trouble or done a little time
Sleep that mischief off on a slab of concrete
Talk to some fella's do a meet and greet
And that'll keep ya out of county on San Jacinto St

Get in line move from room to room a
Routine shuffle like thread on a loom
Stir for hours under flickering light
No sense of change is it day is it night?
Then they call your name on a bight pink sheet
And you get your ass off San Jacinto St.

A buddy of mine he said you ain't livin' life
If you've never been in trouble and done a little time
Sleep that mischief off on a slab of concrete
Talk to some fella's do a meet and greet
And that'll keep ya out of county on San Jacinto St