The certainty of poverty

The certainty of poverty
[verse]
There are sneakers on the powerline.
The hood has seen better days.
The steel mine closed down ten years ago.
Half the town has moved away.
[verse]
Desperation is a way of life.
Only the poor understand.
There’s no place here for pity or shame.
No place here for a weak man.
[pre chorus]
Loving you has given me the courage
To take you and flee poverty.
Uncertainty is a lesser danger
than what the streets have planned for me.
[chorus]
The certainty of poverty.
The certainty of poverty.
[Verse]
Freedom is a seldom traveled road;
For lovers in poverty.
You’re sixteen soon to be a mother.
We’ve vowed an oath to break free.
[verse]
I hotwire a car, siphon some gas
flee west from the rising sun.
Abandon the car when it runs dry.
Like two prisoners on the run.
[pre chorus]
Loving you has give me the courage
to take you and flee poverty.
Uncertainty is a lesser danger
than what the streets have planned for me.
[chorus]
The certainty of poverty.
The certainty of poverty.
[Bridge]
We may never have much money.
but we have all that we need.
A safe place to raise a baby.
A future for you and me.
[verse]
Far away from the urban jungle.
The broken streetlights and crime.
I can hear a gentle breeze ringing
from the front porche’s glass chimes.
[verse]
You’re out picking apples from the tree.
Tonight you’re baking a pie.
We’re free from the grip of poverty.
the city’s slow suicide.
[outro]
Loving you has given me the courage
to take you and flee poverty.