Night Patrol

See him huddled in the shadows
Sleepin' on his cardboard bed
Usin' rags for a pillow
Where he lays his unwashed head

His blankets old newspapers
They're not much good against the snow
You see so many out there like him
When you walk the night patrol
When you walk the night patrol

Oh, you wonder where he came from
Where he's gonna go
Was it a woman or a bottle
That's brought him down so low?

What's happened to his family?
Do they know he's out here in the cold?
He's just a nameless soldier
Marchin' on the night patrol
Marchin' on the night patrol

Like that girl there on the corner
She can't be more than seventeen
She's run away from somewhere
Takin' nothin' but her dreams

Now those dreams are lying shattered
As the street exacts its toll
And she's just another victim
Lost out on the night patrol

Oh, you can ask me why I'm out here
Where do I fit into the scene
Now I'm drawing unemployment
Got replaced by a machine

And I'm tortured by my bad habits
Sometimes I lose the struggle to control
And the street has its attractions
When you walk the night patrol
When you walk the night patrol