Dead End Kid - Robbie Robertson

I stole a bible

From a hotel room

I can’t pay the bill

And check out time is noon

Someone double crossed me

And left me out to dry

Now all I can do is pray

And hope and angel happens by

They said you’ll never be nothing

You’re just a dead end kid

Probably end up in prison

Or maybe down on the skids

No, you’ll never be nothing

You’re just a dead end kid

That’s what they told me

And that’s what they said

I wanna play my song

Out across this lake

From Starbra Bluffs

Oh, we’re in New York State

I wanna show the world

Something they ain’t never seen

I wanna take you somewhere

You ain’t never been

They said you’ll never be nothing

You’re just a dead end kid

We know who you are

We know what you did

No, you’ll never be nothing

You’re just a dead end kid

That’s what they told me

That’s what they said

Some call it homeless

Some call it stranded

Some say it’s like being alone

I just call it abandoned

Sleeping in the subways

Hiding in the underground

My momma was looking for me

But I was nowhere to be found

Now I’m no longer on the run

I’ve had some luck and I’m doing well

But I remember where I started from

When I stole that bible from the hotel

They said you’ll never be nothing

You’re just a dead end kid

You’ll probably end up in prison

Or maybe down on the skids

No, you’ll never be nothing

You’re just a dead end kid

That’s what they told me

That’s what they said