Granny Steps

On the side walk
I walk home tonight
on the side walk
I walk every day.
I see faces scarred
with a crooked bite
forty dollars will get you
fucked all night.

So close to home
I could take my pick
friends on every corner.
Silhouettes in the doorways
sold to this city.

Down, down,
downtown is barely breathing.
Down, down, downtown is alive
and barely holding on
is a lie, alone crawling up
my front steps
to my front door.

Beaten down, written off,
case closed,
turn around
and get your dick sucked.
You say take out the garbage,
I say who's more fucked.

Who sees what I see.
Who's listening.

Down, down, downtown is alive
and barely holding on
is a lie, alone crawling up
my front steps to my front door.

Forced out,
to sodomize a quiet night
They all,
they all go out without a fight.
Will we,
will we ever make this right.