Foy Vance - Gabriel and the Vagabond
there's a man on the corner and his clothes are worn, and he's holding out his hand, and you can see in his eyes as the people walk by, he knows they don't understand, you see they just think he's gunna take their money, and go and spend it on dope, then a man stopped by him and i saw a smile inside, as he gently whispered hope

well the tramp started to cry just kept saying why why why, can't you see i'm down and out, well i'm 32 and i've got this one pair of shoes, and a bad taste in my mouth, i think it's clear to see that even god don't love me, or else why would he leave me this way, but then gabriel just smiled and said be peaced my child, salvation is here today

he got up to his feet and he sang hallelujah, people were turning around in the street, he looked them in the eyes and he sang hallelujah, there's someone here that you gotta meet, someone you just gotta meet

but when the vagabond turned 'round well without a sound, gabriel just smiled and disappeared, and then he looked to the crowd and they were laughing out loud, but he could not see them fore tears, when his vision came 'round there was a young girl on the ground now, and he knew she was fine and hard to cope, she never was a fighter until he lay beside her, and gently whispered hope

they got up to their feet and they sang hallelujah, people in the street were turning around, they looked them in the eyes and they sang hallelujah, there's someone here we have found they sang hallelujah, hallelujah, we are the voices crying in the wilderness, hallelujah, hallelujah, the people in the street started their sins to confess, in a chorus of hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, every knee will bow and every tongue confess, i'm the voice of one crying in the wilderness, crying hallelujah, hallelujah