Boy, please don't throw away your life    All the joy, please don't end it with a knife    'Cause you know there's hope for you       I was alone like the silence in the night    I had no home no one close to hold me tight    But you know there's hope for you, for you       Everywhere I look I see your face    Every step I take seems out of place    You got to be a man to run the race    I'm not a hopeless man    How can you say I am?       I was alone like the silence in the night    I had no home no one close to hold me tight    But you know there's hope for you, for you       Everywhere I look I see your face    Every step I take seems out of place    You got to be a man to run the race    I'm not a hopeless man    How can you say I am