Desperation Blues

I remember the life I used to live

Government stamps and relatives

Livin' in a tent down by the cliff

Desperation Blues

Eating lunch out of a garbage can

My board shorts were the only clothes I had

They told me I never had a chance now

Desperation Blues

You know the blind can't lead the blind

Must be an escape that we can find

It ain't a bottle or a pipe

No, no

You know it's hard to see the signs

Day by day they pass us by

It's time to open up our eyes

Oh, Oh

I won't give up

I won't give up on you

These dreams we share

Someday they're gonna come true

So I don't wanna see you cryin'

It's only dark until the sun starts risin'

I won't give up

I won't give up on you

I won't give up on you

The waves were, my only salvation

We were living off the plantation

My papa was incarceration now

Desperation Blues

Sand and trees were my only friends

'Cause mom's forgot to pay the rent, oh no

I thought this life would never end

Desperation Blues

You know the blind can't lead the blind

Must be an escape that we can find

It ain't a bottle or a pipe

No, no

You know it's hard to see the signs

Day by day they pass us by

It's time to open up our eyes

Oh, Oh

I won't give up

I won't give up on you

These dreams we share

Someday they're gonna come true

So I don't wanna see you cryin'

It's only dark until the sun starts risin'

I won't give up

I won't give up on you

I won't give up on you