Can I
Product code: WPD321

Description: This song was written for the Vinnies sleep out.

Can I

Words and Music Amanda McKenna

One day you’re just hanging on, the next it’s dire straits.
The things you least expect become the fears you have to face
And there’s nowhere safe, a place to call home,
You’re so scared and ashamed and now you’re all alone,
And it could happen to anyone.

She’s been hurt so many times it doesn’t faze her anymore.
She fades into the background like a thousand times before
And who knows what she’ll face when the sun goes down?
Got no private space where she can let her guard down.
She’s never been so lonely.

Chorus

Can I hold out my hand, learn how to stand with my sister
and walk with my brother?
Can I open my heart,
listen with love to my sister and talk with my brother?
Can I? Can you?

He’s dirty and depressed and hasn’t had enough to eat,
He’s sleeping rough and acting tough, surviving on the street
And it’s cold outside but nobody cares
if he lives or dies, might even be easier that way.
He’s never been so angry.

© 2007 Amanda McKenna. Published by Willow Publishing Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.
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