Sugar coated eyes

The homeless people they approach me

hands out shaking like a broken tree

Some say they need help to eat

Just a bite

(Just a bite)

Sometimes I give in silent grace

Sometimes I can’t even look at their face

A heart can wear thin

When you see em every night and day

The panhandlers try to disguise

Their sugar coated eyes

But the truth’s a thief

No place to hide

Drug addiction

It’s in the air

It’s in your skin

It’s everywhere

And I wonder sometimes

Do they think they can hide

Those sugar coated eyes

Some different faces occasionally

But usually it’s the same ole scene

And I think

Who am I to decide

Be A savior or a passerby

Can’t solve your pain

Can’t solve mine

The clock just ticks

As money goes bye to get their high

The panhandlers try to disguise

Their sugar coated eyes

But the truth’s a thief

No place to hide

Drug addiction

It’s in the air

It’s in your skin

It’s everywhere

And I wonder sometimes

Do they think they can hide

Those sugar coated eyes