Coming Anyway

My brother is a soldier, he shoots a nailgun

He builds houses for generals

Who lay around in the sun

My sister is a waitress

For white collar kings

They stare at her tattoos, body piercings and rings

And just because she’s flat broke

They think she has nothing to say

They don’t know where she’s coming from

But she’s coming anyway

My uncle drives a semi rig

A million miles a year

Him and my aunt they drop me off

A couple blocks from here

They have to run night and day

With very little sleep

The banker man will take that truck

The payments are so steep

And just because he’s flat broke

They think he has nothing to say

They don’t know where he’s coming from

But he’s coming anyway

I played downtown to the black and blue

And them that live on the streets

Lord knows that they don’t tip so well

But they clap and stomp their feet

So I took my music up the hill

To see if they’d open the gate

A man with a billion dollar smile

Said this is what radio hates

Just because I’m flat broke

They think I have nothing to say

They don’t know where I’m coming from

But I’m coming anyway

They don’t know where I’m coming from

But I’m coming anyway