In Cabrini-Green

Ice on the road, blood on the rail
 A myth in the making newspapers sell
 Another one falling
 And no one is calling
 Our names, our names, our names
 Treasonous treasures these towers of steel
 Nothing so broken, nothing so real
 The seasons keep turning
 The sunshine is burning
 Away, away, away
 I know it don't make it right
 But once there was so much light
 And here was the center of it all
 Hard to believe, a mother's dream
 The most beautiful thing you've ever seen
 That's why we stay
 In Cabrini-Green
 Damned in the doorways seeking their fill
 Another brother spreading his will
 I sing for my supper and pray for my mother
 Today, today, today
 Out on the tarmac the boys and their ball
 Scribble their fates up on the wall
 Of silence and sirens a semblance of liars
 Is born, is born, is born
 I know it don't make it right
 But once there was so much light
 And here was the center of it all
 Hard to believe, a mother's dream
 The most beautiful thing you've ever seen
 That's why we stay
 In Cabrini-Green