There was a vacancy,

in the place where my dad should be

Do other children feel this way?

I cried out so loud for him

Who knows where he could have been

I know that I will not be the same



Take me away from all this pain

Just give me a chance to escape these tin walls

'cause I know these walls won't last forever

Some day I'll escape these tin walls



Surrounded but not alone

and trapped by this rootless home

Where will the wind take me today?

'cause I was just so confused

With nothing that I could do

I'll show them all I could one day



Take me away from all this pain

Just give me a chance to escape these tin walls

'cause I know these walls won't last forever

Some day I'll escape these tin walls



And someday we'll leave this park of decay

When's that day?

When will we go?

When will I laugh?

What will I do?

Where will I go when all this is through?

When will I laugh?

What will I do?



I know it won't last,

know it won't last, forever

I know it won't last,

know it won't last, forever

I know it won't last,

know it won't last, forever



Take me away from all this pain

Just give me a chance to escape these tin walls

'cause I know these walls won't last forever

Some day I'll escape these tin walls