Skid Row Kid - Smith & d'Abo

I got hit, I got hurt

Everybody used to dish me dirt

To the skinny little kid who’d hang around on the block.

It was hard, it was rough

At seventeen, I’d saved enough

To get an education, worked my way to the top.

I was a skid row kid from Alabam

Born and raised down in Birmingham

Where the roof leaked bad and the crust was all we had to eat.

But I’m a big shot now, fancy jet,

Making deals with the president

Well, I’m a kid made here

But down inside I’m just a skid row kid.

Ahhh.

..

I make the law of the land

At 25 I made my first stand to represent the people

Who’d been down for so long.

I got votes here and there

At 31, they made me mayor

I may sit behind this desk

But I can’t forget where I came from.

I was a skid row kid from Alabam

Born and raised down in Birmingham

Where the roof leaked bad and the alligators snapped at my feet.

But I’m a big shot now with a fancy jet

Well, I may run for president.

(This is the White House — come right in.)

Well, I’m kid made here

But down inside I’m just a skid row kid, yeah

A kid made here but down inside I’m just a skid row.

.. kid.

Birmingham, Alabam

That’s down south of everybody

Birmingham, Alabama

I got a big black Cadillac