Colourful

The son of a teacher didn't learn a lot
 Turning time with the hopeless in a vacant plot
 Soaking up the streets in a colourful place
 He lives in the spirit behind his face
 People they laugh and pull his chain
 While the government perpetuates the peoples pain
 Jobs are scarce and life ain't cheap and thus the young brother couldn't get no sleep
 Cause he knows
 It's there
 But the fool won't scare
 The ghost in his heart won't go away
 The ghost in the heart won't go away
 So he feeds it with love till the spirits say
 That the ghost must go away
 His left sober and undone
 And the joy he once found don't make no fun
 In moments where he thinks, mother prayed
 And father said forget what you have learnt
 The street corner light, it offers hope
 That he stuffs in a pipe and gladly smokes
 And while he's high the ghost it speaks
 And his heart's left troubled while it seeks
 For heaven and grace
 In this place
 He walks with a smile on his face
 Because he lives in a colourful place
 He walks with at sown pace
 The soles of his feet above disgrace
 The son of the teachers falls in love
 With an idea filled with romantic stuff
 All too aware of tragic fate
 But that's how it is in a colourful place
 For all time it's there
 But this fool won't scare