Shoppin` Bag Lady — текст песни (The Guess Who)

(B. Cummings - D. Troiano)

City lights and the pretty sights beckoned you to roam,
Leavin` now and you`re knowin` how, you`re on your own,
Family and reality seem so far away,
Feelin` fine and the happy times have left you to stay.

Oh shopping bag lady, asleep on the snow,
If you had your fortune, you`d trade it for a kind Hello,
Oh shopping bag lady the winter winds blow,
Society has forgotten you, there`s nowhere left for you to go.

Through the tears, all your better years passin` by so fast,
Loneliness is a part of you, and oh how it lasts,
No one there, there to really care, the city seems so cold,
Yesterday you were just a child, today you`re so old...

I would love to hold you,
Nights when you`re alone and the cold and dark is killin` you ever so slowly,
I would love to love you,
Nights when you`re alone, you`re alone.

I know the days used to be something different for you,
I know it`s cold and lonely and it`s misery,
I wanna help you, I wanna help you, I wanna help you when you`re down,
I wanna look around and find a helping hand for you,
Oh no it`s never too late, Oh no it`s never too late to try and help you out,
I know you`re cold and it`s misery,
I can tell the days used to be something different for you.