Many Kilometres North

Many kilometres north of his home country town Feeling depressed and financially down And feeling homesick for his home far away Though as poor in the poor suburb he will stay Four years ago he left his home in the south But things in life for him have not worked out Two years ago from a building site scaffold he took a bad fall Lady luck has not been with him at all That he was not an insured worker he had not realized The heavy fall has left him semi paralyzed He feels he is lucky that he is alive Though on disability benefits he does survive Though homesick he will not return to his home in the south Since stories of success he does not have to tell about.