Story Behind The Song

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Song Description

A statement of where we are as a society, and our priorities, or lack of in regards to teenage pregnancy, homelessness, over-croweded prisons, drug abuse and our own frailness; plus the erosion of physical social interaction with social media

Lyrics

"Halfway to Alcatraz"

I was fourteen, my parents threw me out
Stole and lied; walked out without a shout
No one to love me...
Future's dead, I'm livin' for today
Self inflicted pain, angry fits of rage
Need my fix, before I melt
What if I get busted, at least I'll get some help

(Chorus)
No one to love me; it's just as well
I'm not in heaven, maybe hell. Halfway...
Kids having kids; that's no cycle of life
They're halfway to Alcatraz
Let's fight for oil
but surrender the helpless at home
It's time to change where we are bound
Before we're all halfway to Alcatraz

May have seen me, been alone all week
Too tired for school, too scared to go to sleep
No one to love me...
Feel so dirty, can't wash away my shame
Out on the streets, no shoes that fit my feet
Mom was sixteen when she had me
Makin' her proud with my own baby
Chorus

Two million people, locked up in jail
Some deserve to be there
but maybe the system's failed

These lazy homeless, who cares anyway
I'm tired of looking past them
got nothin' left to say
Kids don't need, to grow up slow
They can live in myspace
that's all they need to know

Chorus... ...until we all can love as one