Street Collage Lyrics - Styx

Written by john ryan 

[spoken by various people on the street] 

Well, you see now 

I'm a depression baby 

And I remember the wpa 

If we could just start the same thing again and get people working out there, why not? 

Is it too menial for somebody to sweep the street? 

And if you've got enough money where you don't have to work 

Let's face it, who wants to work? 

There's no reason why anybody that five generations of people got to be on welfare 

I had one gentlemen get in --- 

No offense to you gentlemen, he had long hair and a beard -- 

And I told him, he had better go home and take a bath; 

He had b.o. so bad, it was terrible 

I said "you might be educated, but did your parents tell you to go dirty? " 

See the latest issue 

Hard up, see 

Chicago scene 

Kids nowadays, that's the whole thing 

Too much money, they've got too much money 

They don't have to struggle and work for things 

Like when I was growing up had to do 

And I was lucky if I got that job delivering hats in a hat store 

For twenty-five cents per hat 

Too much money today is with the young kids 

Everything was handed to 'em, 

And that's why they are the way they are