He Ain't Alright

There's a story of a boy

That truth be told

Should barely be alive

But he is

He rolled his first cigarette

When he was only 10

And hasn't stopped

Since then

He'd show up drunk to school

Hoping nobody would ever call him out

For falling down

Don't get me wrong

He meant no harm

He only wanted to be someone

To feel something

There ain't no end

To this story yet

He's still living out his life

Pretending to be alright

No one checkin in

Cause they think that's just him

He's probably fine living life

One day at a time

He ain't alright

He'd try to hide smoking joints

Always taking walks

But he got caught

And brought back home

His mom was out

But his sister told the cops she'd let her now

She never did

But if she had

There ain't no end

To this story yet

He's still living out his life

Pretending to be alright

No one checkin in

Cause they think that's just him

He's probably fine living life

One day at a time

He'll be alright

Now this makes me think

He can't be alone

Acting like ain't nothing wrong

When he's barely hanging on

Guess we all know this boy

By a different name

Waiting on someone

To go and check on him