Laid In A Box
https://suno.com/song/520b8a78-e402-4c98-a903-a0d5faa57ca0
Verse 1
I used to sleep beneath the overpass
Where the trucks sang lullabies
Newspaper blanket, cardboard floor
Cold moon in my eyes
Folks would step around me
Like I was part of the street
Chorus
I was homeless when I died
Laid in a box
First roof I ever had
Didn’t leak through the cracks
A little wooden address
In a borrowed suit and socks
I was homeless when I died
Laid in a box
Verse 2
Had a shopping cart Cadillac
Chrome rims made of rust
Everything I owned fit inside
Everything I loved turned to dust
They’d say “God bless” in passing
Never learned my name
Chorus
I was homeless when I died
Laid in a box
First roof I ever had
Didn’t leak through the cracks
A little wooden address
In a borrowed suit and socks
I was homeless when I died
Laid in a box
Bridge
Funny how they found me
When I quit breathing air
Took three men to carry me
But none when I was there
Final Chorus
I was homeless when I died
Laid in a box
First roof I ever had
Didn’t leak through the cracks
Six feet of forever
Is the only thing I got
I was homeless when I died
Laid in a box
Two rows back is a billionaire
And we both don't have a care
Comments
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sadly, homelessness is an epidemic. you captured it well in writing ;)
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Yeah was homeless once ., tuff life for sure ......... epidemic for sure
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Ever thought about writing a book about your life, it sounds like it wasn't dull :)
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ha ha ha , been asked that before
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I agree, its sad and well written. simple and emotional not overdoing it on "homeless details" . interesting perspective too. well done.
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Two rows back is a billionaire. About it
Thanks man
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This is a superb song. My problem is that I'm losing track of what's real and what's AI. You see for me, this really matters. You can be ruthless and just say yeah, I'm on board with AI because it's easy, it saves studio/session players fees and so on. But I worry about where this is all going and I don't like it. Like I say, this is a great song that's definitely you but, well, I just don't know what to say any more. It's why I don't contribute very much on the forum these days.
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Good job Elvis
Really like that last line....doesn't madder what you had in life dead is dead..
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Yup Tex . I can't afford to record every song Chris . I wish I could . the Song THE CHARMS is being done now and session players are being paid . If I had 100k it all go to session players and studios , cuz once your dead your dead . The universe don't care your a raccoon or a billionaire . You're dead . You and Stone ask the same question on AI every time and know my situation . Its $700.00 to record a song
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This is a really good. Almost a Tom Waits feel to it.
It's personal. but also social commentary told as a folk tale.
Love the slow pace of it, a funeral march.
Really good work, Elvis.
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Homeless problem with a twist angle
Thanks Owen
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