## Walking Together: Songs for Solidarity ## This is an entry in the Walking Together songwriting contest. The WEF estimates there are over 150 million people without homes worldwide. This project is aimed at supporting efforts to help people "made of potential" out of homelessness in co-operation with Homeless Entrepreneurs. The winning song will be chosen as an anthem for HE's upcoming "Great Walk" and featured in a music video by David Israel. For more details and to find out how you can enter, visit songs-for-solidarity.web.app To see entries, check out the playlist here: https://suno.com/playlist/a6521e67-4924-41b8-a5aa-bf4564ae2cea [intro] i stand near this sidewalk with my paper sign i used to run with a squad in dusty fields now i shuffle these roads collecting coins someone called me a worn out man i call myself a fighter with a history --- [verse 1] i remember All those cheering voices at the airport gates and those crisp mornings when we marched and my buddies that never made it home who's memories I carry in my pocket --- [pre-chorus] now i watch hurried faces glare at me my coat is torn my posture a little bent but i still carry my old courage --- [chorus]:: wake up breathe hold on - hold on Life gets tough, god knows i'm tough too And in this moment I may look a little rough But the man I use to be is the man i'll always be In moments like these you find the you you never knew And the friends and family too, the few that stand true --- [verse 2] somebody told me to just get a job like a handshake falls from the sky i asked for enough to buy a meal they stared at me like i had no place i laughed quietly kept my head up --- [pre chorus] i once had orders that mattered, today nobody sees the medals i earned they only see my unshaven face or look through me when they look at me --- [chorus]:: wake up breathe hold on - hold on Life gets tough, god knows i'm tough too And in this moment I may look a little rough But the man I use to be is the man i'll always be In moments like these you find the you you never knew And the friends and family too, the few that stand true --- [post-chorus] a girl from the diner gave me leftover stew she said maybe tomorrow will bring something good i nodded tried not to teer up --- [verse] sometimes i see a reflection in the store window it still looks like me the old me my boots are gone but the spirit remains And I had it all and lost it all somehow getting back up is harder than the fall, And sometimes it seems its the way its meant to be But every day I keep my head high and I just --- [chorus]:: wake up breathe hold on - hold on Life gets tough, god knows i'm tough too And in this moment I may look a little rough But the man I use to be is the man i'll always be In moments like these you find the you you never knew And the friends and family too, the few that stand true --- [Bridge] so i sing this to remind myself we are more than our empty wallets we are more than our regrets i salute the life i once knew and i salute the one i fight for now And even down to my last dime — [Final chorus - outro]: I still wake up breathe and hold on - hold on Life gets tough, god knows i'm tough too And in this moment I may look a little rough But the man I use to be is the man i'll always be In moments like these you find the you you never knew And the friends and family too, the few that stand true [fade to end]