Orphan Child

Long away, far ago I had what I thought was the best I watched it slip fall and fade I watched perfection become transgressed I ripped up my roots, I changed my name I lived between polluted shores Strained my ears to hear the wind Tell me, why was I born? I am an orphan honey I am a no-name Nomad Living in this great unknown This place is good as any And I've been to so many I am an orphan child Yes, I'm an orphan but I'm better on my own Why this race, this blood, this face These hands, these eyes and these miles? Between the graves and city plagues To seek the ease of empty smiles Friendships fought for then betrayed Buy a kiss in the solemn night And money that was gone before it was made And hunger that lost its appetite I'm an orphan honey I am a transient soul My family tree's on fire And I don't belong here Or any place near I am on orphan child Well, I am an orphan With a heart of barbed wire I used to walk these streets amazed Head ablaze in every town I used to study every new face Now I keep my keys to the ground Why this language? And why these dreams? And what I might say, what I create? And why this mind full of twisted vines? Lifelines and fates I can't escape I am an orphan honey I am a passing stranger I don't have that much to say There's part of me you'll never see I am an orphan child, yes, I am an orphan Won't still far away