Somewhere on the corner

of Quiero and La Quinta

I saw you sitting on the avenue

Somewhere between the bank and the burger shack

I noticed you were rocking back and forth

staring through - thre traffic

And your countenance announced you

As you looked so distraught

But had you even gone to school

They never could have taught you

How to smile

And all the while - life keeps passing

And all the while - I drive by

Yet after a while - while I am reflecting

I lift my head toward heaven

And say a prayer on your behalf

That your face would give a smile a home

And your soul would learn to laugh

Oh nameless one, a prayer for you

Is all I could do.