Breadline

My cupboards are empty

My home's cold and bare

I'm caught in a dark depression

The worst famine I've known in years

And I'm sleeping at night in starvation's bed

Only the last taste of your love

Keeps my hungry soul fed

Now the lines are long

With other women I know

Who would let themselves die

Before they'd let their loves go

But I'm christened with my tears

I'm saved by a single faith

That if it takes waiting for your love

I sure as hell will learn to wait

'Cause I'm in the bread line for your love

I'll hold my ticket all night

'Til my heart it runs cold

'Til it turns my blood red

I said, I said I'm in the bread line for your love

And I'll hold my ticket all night

'Til my heart it turns cold

'Til my blood runs white

Dust can fill my begging bowl

And pain can howl like a dog in my mind

But I'll stay here 'til times get better

You know why?

'Cause your sweet love treasure is mine

Don't give me credit for tomorrow

I've got your heart on demand today

And I'll fast on the hopes that you'll serve it up, baby

Yes, and I'll stand in the bread line

And I'll wait and I'll wait

Because I'm in the, I'm in the bread line for your love

Yes, and I'll hold my ticket all night

'Til my heart it runs cold

'Til my blood it runs white

My blood turns to white

I said I'm in the line

I'm in the line for your love, yeah

And I'm gonna stand there

I'm gonna stand there all night

'Til my heart it runs cold

Baby, baby, baby

I said I'm in the bread line for your love

That's why I'm gonna be standin'