Hoover Street, downtown L.A. There's an alley where you used to play You bounced a basketball alone While your father fought his wife at home You dreamed about him all your life Now you're cryin' in your sleep at night The world's so big you feel so small And you wish you hadn't come here at all But one day you'll find You've got a young boy of your own And you swear you'll treat him right So he never feels alone You'll tuck him in at night Take him out once in a while Just to see him smile Just to see him smile You know he does the best he can But sometimes it's hard to be a man He'd care about you if he could Inside he probably knows he should But one day...