In a bone dry shack Down on Oceanside Drive where the boredom fools urban people inside The thrill of the hunt on the glowing tube A gang of deadbeats blow a last dube Its a hardluck life, a skid row ride And we'll be working the strip till after high tide He's a 2-bit man in a 3-piece suit s**ing money from a straw Like nectar from a fruit It's outrageous looking for Gabbio It's contagious making plans to go looking for Gabbio Hard times and the street is what he knows Gabby is a soldier living in the ghetto In a rubbish heap, want food to eat Anything goes when you livin on da street
Gun shots make other youth fall Feel you're bad but you can't k** dem all Through tribulation he still stand tall Gabby know soon will be the final call Hacking a taxi brings a tear to an eye Of who wanted it all but now needs to get high Down on the corner in a bridesmaid's gown Shattered and shivering and going to town to see this... Salt stained shirt, leather pants & a tie Sunbleached hair and a bottle of rye But we got cheaper and better from a guy I know That's why I'm making plans to go Looking for Gabbio