[LISA]

Hey, mister!

Hey, you!

Pennies or nickels or dimes

We live in perilous times

I don't ask you to treat me nice

I'm not asking for pleasant conversation

I'm not asking for paradise

All I'm asking for is change

Hate me but don't kick my shins

I'm where your kindness begins

Please, folks, do not spend time with me

I won't ask you to treat me like your mother

I'm not asking for sympathy

All I'm asking for is change

Change the government, kill the mayor

It's not fair how lives evaporate

Change the system that made us what we are

I don't ask for hugs

Just need money to buy more drugs

And if you folks pay, I'll go away

People walk by me with glee

I am what they'll never be

I don't ask you to tip your hat

I don't ask that you notice what I'm wearing

I could care less for things like that

All I'm asking for is change

Change

Change

Change

Pennies or nickels or dimes

We live in perilous times