Streetlights shining hollow gold
The darkened night reveals stories untold
A young man's heart is being bought and sold
Part of the process of growing old
He walks alone in fear
A product of eighteen sheltered years
He's hungry and cold
Still the streetlights
Shine hollow gold
Sunlight curses the dawn
A family father tends to his lawn
He chops away the choking weeds
Cuts the life out of his shrubberies
All those leaves of grass
Memories of his days past
He's waived his control
Still the streetlights
Shine hollow gold