Well, then a 'nuff gettoh youths no have no place to go Live night and day roaming in the gettoh Nuff gettoh youths ain't got no place of their own Give them some place that they can call their home Well, then a 'nuff politions telling poor people lies

Ain't got no home, ain't got no shoes Ain't got no money, ain't got no class Ain't got no friends, ain't got no schooling Ain't got no wear, ain't got no job Ain't got no money, no place to stay Ain't got no father, ain't got no mother Ain't got no

Nothin' but blue skies, Hangin' over you and I. Listen to the Goodyear's roll Hummin' through the radio Let it lighten up your load Ain't got no place to go. Watching those fence poles fly, As the miles roll by, Embers in the ashtray,

I said I'm mad (I'm burnin' up) I had a friend one time, at least I thought he was my friend For he came to me, said "I ain't got no place to go" I said "take it easy man, you can come home to my house, I'll get you a pillow where you can rest your head"

The past is no place to It's only me I ain't freed nobody yet It's just me Got a window-washer's head For an unmakeable bed For loneliness

But girl I'm so glad we're acquainted Baby you're no good To say that we're in love is dangerous I know I'd rather be complacent I got you touchin' on your body You got me puttin' time in, time in Nobody got me feeling this way You probably think I'm

I'm warning you, do not tempt me I got places to go, got people to see The penitentiary ain't the place for me I'll run up and squeeze it, put a hole in you I got places to go, I got people to see The penitentiary, ain't the place for me I'll run up and

Ain't got no place to call a home The devil's going to set me free The devil's going to make me a free man Only chains and broken bones (The devil's going to make me a free man) (The devil's going to set me free) Oh, the devil's going to make me a free

You've pushed me one too many times It's not that complicated and you ain't gotta believe They'll put me down in a hole before I let you succeed I've never been complacent, I can't afford to be I know you think you're special but you ain't nothin' I'm

Who looked like a girlfriend That I had in February of last year It's not confidential I've got potential Rushing, rushing around Cause heaven ain't close in a place like this I said heaven ain't close in a place like this Bring it back down, bring it