Tosh Snook

Well, I've walked these streets
a virtual stage
it seemed to me
make up on their faces
actors took their
places next to me
Well, I've walked these streets
in a carnival
of sights to see
all the cheap thrill seekers
the vendors and the dealers
they crowded around me
Well, I've walked these streets
in a spectacle of wealth and poverty
in the diamond markets
the scarlet welcome carpet
that they just rolled out for me
And I've walked these streets
in the mad house asylum
they can be