A song about children ending up in foster care because of parents who didn't care and ending up running and living on the streets
Paul deMarco and I have started a group we call The Co-laborators. Paul is a singer/songwriter/producer and he is the man that puts music and vocals together.
I am a lyric writer and don't sing or play instruments. I collaborate with singer songwriters to put music and vocals to my lyrics.
Story behind the song
A song about children ending up in foster care because of parents who didn't care and ending up running and living on the streets
Lyrics
Victim of the system
She looks like the back side of thirty, yet she’s only twenty one
She’s lived life the hard way, like a felon on the run
She hangs out near the lamp post, beneath its lone spotlight
Watching for the drive by’s, to find her Mr Right
Chorus:
She’s a victim of the system, runaway from home
Tossed into some foster care, where lots of kids are thrown
She ran out and can’t let go of a life that’s sucked her dry
So she hides behind her makeup and wears her thin disguise
She never sees their faces, cos each one looks the same
Another John to feed her habit, and the systems all to blame
She parties with the fellas and tangles with the chicks
Making a living sinning, selling dope and turning tricks
Chorus:
She’s a victim of the system, runaway from home
Tossed into some foster care, where lots of kids are thrown
She ran out and can’t let go of a life that’s sucked her dry
So she hides behind her makeup and wears her thin disguise
One night a light comes on, she reaches out to him
He’s has tried to help her in the past, but she never would give in
The preacher takes her by the hand to the mission down the street
She prays that he can ease her pain and resurrect her inner peace
Chorus
She’s a victim of the system, runaway from home
Tossed into some foster care, where lots of kids are thrown
She ran out long ago and chose the broken road
But tonight she sees a future, as he carries her heavy load
Victim of the system
Victim of the
Written by Mike McCorison, Paul deMarco 11/2022 ( The Co-Laborators)
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