[verse 1

I used to know this girl,

She used to know my name

We used to talk when the times were better

But now she walks on by

And she forgets my name

And the tissue by my eye is wetter

She told me yesterday amidst a conversation

That she spent her time on a bench

Talking to a man, with a cardboard sign

I guess he's her preference, forth and hence

[bridge

What do I have to do?

To get some of that attention

[chorus 1

I've been replaced by a man on the streets

She'd rather talk to him than to me

(Than to me)

And I don't know how to compete

With the man who sleeps on the street

(I can't compete)

[verse 2

She said he had some tales of life gone wrong

Well I've got a diary to show you

We used to talk all the time, now I sleep alone

As the man with the sign gets to know you

[bridge

What do I have to do?

To get some of that attention

[chorus 1

I've been replaced by a man on the streets

She'd rather talk to him than to me

(Than to me)

And I don't know how to compete

With the man who sleeps on the street

(I can't compete)

[guitar solo

[bridge

What do I have to do?

To get some of that attention

[chorus 1

I've been replaced by a man on the streets

She'd rather talk to him than to me

(Than to me)

And I don't know how to compete

With the man who sleeps on the street

(I can't compete)