Twenty Seven Ways

                         By
               Robert Lee King

 [VERSE]
Saw a young boy standing on the corner waiting for the light to change
Seemed he just couldn’t wait to be on his way
In an instant busy traffic took his life away
And no one thought it strange

[CHORUS]
Twenty Seven Ways to lose your life
Twenty Seven Ways to fall behind
Twenty Seven Ways to cross the line
Between living and dying

[VERSE]
Saw a homeless man standing on the corner waiting for the light to change
All he had in this world in a shopping cart trying to blow away
Little did he know he’d had his last meal earlier that day
Then it all came in a blur
A drunk drivers swerve
Sent the man the cart and his world to the dirt

[CHORUS]
Twenty Seven Ways to lose your life
Twenty Seven Ways to fall behind
Twenty Seven Ways to cross the line
Between living and dying

[CHORUS]
Twenty Seven Ways to lose your life
Twenty Seven Ways to fall behind
Twenty Seven Ways to cross the line
Between living and dying

[BRIDGE]
Car crash Heart attack Peaceful in your sleep
Gun Shot Stab wound Gangrene or disease
War Crime Step on a mine or simply out of time
When you time comes There’s nowhere to run
Time you were movin’ on

[CHORUS]
Twenty Seven Ways to lose your life
Twenty Seven Ways to fall behind
Twenty Seven Ways to cross the line
Between living and dying

[VERSE]
Saw a young woman standing on the corner waiting for the light to change
Across the street waits a Greyhound bus waiting to take her away
From her life full of heartache and pain
Then a man pulls up to the light
You can see by the look in her eyes
She won’t be on that bus tonight

[CHORUS]
Twenty Seven Ways to lose your life
Twenty Seven Ways to fall behind
Twenty Seven Ways to cross the line
Between living and dying