There but for the grace of fate go we ... As a child, Charlie has vivid memories of a particular homeless man, who was often mooching along while waiting for the double decker to school. And then one day on a walk in the New Forest, a child asked "who was that Mummy", as they and Charlie crosse paths. "Just a random man" says he. The idea soon became this thoughtful parable on how people who are homeless and often struggle with health problems, may at times not be so far removed from ourselves as we think ...
Lyrics
Verse 1
The Random man is on the street
Passes by with shuffling feet
Looking for a home to find
Opaque to us with busy minds
Verse 2
The Random man walks through the glade
Carries on his back a spade
He’s looking for the perfect place
To dig and sit and hide his face
CHORUS
We don't care as he goes by
The Random Man beneath our gaze
Too busy under a perfect sky
The random man just passes by
Verse 3
The Random Man is losing life
The house, the job, the loving wife
Just like an achron - istic clown
A house of cards came tumbling down
Verse 4
The cause for Random Man’s demise
He finds to his complete surprise
Is buried deep inside his soul
Whose hidden voices have control
CHORUS
Break
The Random Man is on the street
CHORUS
Verse 5
A Random Man’s inside of me
He ‘s breaking jail and setting free
A tipping point that’s hard to gauge
To keep the dark within its cage
NEW CHORUS
Will you care as I go by
A Random Man below your gaze
Too busy under a perfect sky
Am I the man whose passing by
Verse 6
But I’m in charge of him today
The Random man can fade away
I’m gonna fight for the light
And chase the blues into the night
I’m gonna fight for the light
And chase the blues into the night