There's a man outside my door tonight

He cries for help

He sings a pleading song

Well times are tough for everyone

Gotta hold on to what I got

Just kind of cruise along

Well I do want to be helpful

But it's cold

And I'm told you can't be too careful



Out of the mouth of a mother

Into the hands of a brother

Into the heart of a lover

And out of the hands of another



You can never tell who your neighbour is

Or what he's doin' at night

Or who his friends are

Well you don't know where he's from

Or where he's been Or who he knows you knows

You can't be too careful these days

Well I do want to be helpful, well

But it's cold

And I'm told he might just be the devil



Chorus



Well I don't take chances





And I don't take time to see

And I don't take nothing from nobody no way

Not me



Chorus [x2]



Into the eyes of a child

Into the ears of a child

Into the heart of a child

Into the heart of a child