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The inspiration for this song came from a roommate of mine that I had in the halfway house. I met him when I had first gotten clean from drugs and was starting my life over. He was a once-successful man who had turned into s street drunk, drinking mouthwash and the such. He was a crazy old guy and had become my friend. Unfortunately, he relapsed and was out on the streets again. He had also begun suffering from "wet brain", which means that alcohol was literally rotting his brain. I don't know what happened to him.

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Winter winds are blowing cold now
And I got nowhere to go
And I walk the streets a freezin'
I got a chill down to my soul
No home
And I roam
Alone

And I had it all at one time
Then I gave it all away
I traded it all for a bottle but
That bottles gone away
Now it's gone just the same
And I'm sparing for change

No no no more
Just take me from this world
No no no no more
Lord I can't take it anymore

Now I'm laying down in the alley
In a strange and foreign town
And if you see my sweet love Sally
Tell her I'm lost and I ain't found
Yea I'm lost and I ain't found
I'm lost and I ain't found

Chorus

Now I'm laying down in the gutter
And it's all that I've got now
And if you see my long lost brother
Won't you tell him I wear the crown
Won't you tell him I wear the crown
Yea all the way down

And I don't want to die in the gutter
And I don't want to die all alone
I cry out for my mother
But the streets my only home
Yea the streets my only home
And I'm dying all alone

Chorus

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from Bootleg Series: Live at Club Passim 2004, released June 24, 2004

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Bryan McPherson Los Angeles, California

Bryan McPherson, a fiery, folk-playing, Boston native, was called west in July of 2010. Bryan now tours internationally and bases himself out of Los Angeles, California.

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