Pearl

[Verse 1]
That drunk on the street
Passed out in a ball at your feet
Did you know he's got a song to sing
And he plays a mean guitar
I met a whore on the corner
Barely sixteen soon to be a mother
While raising her two younger brothers
Leaning on a long black car

[Chorus]
The pearl in the rubble
A rainbow from a puddle
A calm in the storm
Every rose has it's thorns
A touch of sun in the rain
Beauty of a different shade
Bless the hands that made everyone of them

[Verse 2]
A junkie kid in his car
Drilling holes with a needle in his arm
Bet you he didn't know he's a star
Just hit the game-winning run
Prisoner one-two-five-o
Picking up trash on the side of the road
Yeah, he's carrying a heavy load
Took the blame so his brother could run

[Chorus]
The pearl in the rubble
A rainbow from a puddle
A calm in the storm
Every rose has it's thorns
A touch of sun in the rain
Beauty of a different shade
Bless the hands that made everyone of them

[Verse 3]
That's somebody's darling
An angel who seems to have fallen
Slowly but surely crawling
To the edge of the Brooklyn bridge
A dirty cop on the beat
More than a few bad reps on his sheet
But he just so happens to be the one
To keep her from falling in

[Chorus]
The pearl in the rubble
A rainbow from a puddle
A calm in the storm
Every rose has it's thorns
A touch of sun in the rain
Beauty of a different shade
Bless the hand that made everyone of them