STREETS OF MUSIC CITY [ country-blues, country-pop, Americana ] Click Here for Music Video of this song Click Here for Free Song Download They say, it's only a bad recession, but so many of us have lost our jobs and home They say, there's no real reason for depression, but it's hard to feel loved wandering all alone Outside on a cold windy winter street, it's unsafe for men and more dangerous for me I left a good life to fight for my country and since I've been back, I hide most nights in a back alley        Snow flurries fall on streets of Music City        Country holiday carols fill the air        Crowds downtown mill around a Christmas tree        All lit up in the public square        Church bells ring and children sing        Down by the river, the colored lights are pretty        But things aren't all merry and bright on streets of Music City The best of times for many of God's children Are the worst of times for so many others And now's the time for every American To reach out and help our homeless sisters and brothers        Snow flurries fall on streets of Music City        Country holiday carols fill the air        Crowds downtown mill around a Christmas tree        All lit up in the public square        Church bells ring and children sing        Down by the river, the colored lights are pretty        But things aren't all merry and bright on streets of Music City        And, as a Broadway street band plays, “White Christmas”        Our Father in heaven must think it's such a pity        Things aren't all merry and bright, tonight on streets of Music City * U.S. Homeless Information U.S. Native Poverty Information U.S. Homeless Veterans Information National Coalition For The Homeless National Law Center On Homelessness and Poverty * Dedicated to Bill Burleigh and Charles Strobel; friends of Nashville's homeless citizens: Operation Stand Down Nashville ~ Room in the Inn.             Copyright © by Richard Aberdeen ASCAP Copyright © by Freedom Tracks Music ASCAP          No part of this material may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including printing, photocopying, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from publisher. Inquiries:  Freedom Tracks Records.  Essays entitled Revolution and Revolution -- Side B are open copyright and may be reproduced or utilized as often as one likes.