Desperate Man - Dougie MacLean

It’s cold in the alley and it’s cold upon the stair

And he’s got to keep on running but he knows he’ll never get there

The long night is cruel he can never go home

And he’s out on the street and he’s feeling so alone

Oh lord he is a desperate man

They’ve used him, abused him and fooled him again

Oh lord he is a desperate man

Oh lord he’s a desperate man

Three kids between one and five and another on the way

And his poor little lovely she looked older every day

Thinks of all the chances that he lost upon the way

Opportunities have vanished like a needle in the hay

Oh lord he is a desperate man

They’ve used him, abused him and fooled him again

Oh lord he is a desperate man

Oh lord he’s a desperate man

The street’s running empty and it’s getting so late

Your man stands in the shadows but how long can he wait?

Cold consolation in a cheap bottle of wine

And the future fades and withers as he slips further in decline

Oh lord he is a desperate man

They’ve used him, abused him and fooled him again

Oh lord he is a desperate man

Oh lord he’s a desperate man