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On the Street

from On the Street by Guy Morris

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A decade after a homeless experience my car breaks down after a very unsuccessful song pitch. Without money to get home I wandered the streets of North Hollywood and LA until I stumbled across another boy, hiding in the shadows I used a time or two.

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Out of the dirtied window of an all night diner
into the heat of a summer night
Onto a street that was littered with hearts embittered
by the struggles for love and for life

I see a graying old woman, with a desperate hold on
What’s left of her hopes and her dreams
Walk by some girls at the corner on the fast track to no where
Young beauty is sellin on the cheap

I see them trade in their soul for survival
Love is nameless, he pays up and goes back
on the street, on the street

I can see into the shadows, there’s a young boy not so old
There’s a hunger and fear in his eyes
His clothes are all tattered, his spirit been battered
Too many needs, too damn long denied

He doesn’t say one word, only holds his palm upward
His head hangs between his knee
And so I reach in my pocket, I pull it out and drop it
I can ease the pain, they’ll never cure the disease

And as I turn away from view, he whispers “God bless you”
The only words of life that boy ever knew,
on the street, on the street

And it took some time, maybe I finally realized
My life was blessed, I’m warm, I’m loved and I’m full
But somewhere, someplace, somehow along the line
I’d learn to live with a heart grown shallow and cold
And heaven knows, so I won’t deny
But when I look for the truth, in all the years of my youth
There by His grace go I,
on the street, on the street

Out of the dirtied window of an all night diner
into the heat of a summer night

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from On the Street, released December 5, 2017
Drums by Brian Lash, vocals by Rowdy
Written, guitars, bass Guy Morris
Produced Guy Morris

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Guy Morris Kirkland, Washington

Guy's musical roots evolved from drum circles, street bands and a $10 Tijuana guitar.

He served at the Cornerstone, a coffeehouse, serving free meals, singing three times a week.

During the 90's Guy was an offbeat worship leader at Hope Chapel in Venice, CA.

Guy once wrote for Disney Records honing his craft for the master mouse.

Guy now records at home just for the joy. ... more

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