I live in Los Angeles And there's a lot of missing stares And I walk down the street and I try to Feel a beat in a heart but it's so hard to understand And people walk around in their pretty outfits And people walk around with their pretty girls And everyone's got somewhere and Some place to go with some friends and Some drinks and somethings and somethings and I I once met an older man And he was homeless and did exactly what he can To get by in this cold world To get by in this cold world And he said baby, you must understand And he said baby, you must understand You're poisoned by everything around You're poisoned by everything around You're poisoned by everything around You're poisoned by everything around Everything around I once was a little tiny girl Yes, like you, I was a little tiny cherub With eyes so ready for the world With eyes so ready to Cry and lie and die and find that nothing really is free Not the birds, no, not those sweet laughing little bees You made a mockery of me Ugh, you've made a mockery of me Of me And baby, you must understand Oh, baby, you must understand You're poisoned by everything you have You're poisoned by everything you have You're poisoned by everything you have You're poisoned by everything you have Everything you have