Cardboard Signs

People holding cardboard signs
On street corners everywhere
Signs say hungry and homeless
Lost my job, God bless

I used to look right through them
Never looked them in the eye
Yesterday I saw a friend of mine
Holding a cardboard sign

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He served his country
Paid his taxes on time
Now his whole life story
Is written on that cardboard sign

Could be me, Could be you
Living on the edge of doom
Could be me, could be you
No one is immune

He was my next door neighbor
Went to college just like me
Our children played together
On the same soccer team

He had a good job Things were looking up
Now days his only paycheck
Is spare change in a cup

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