See him cuddled in the shadows 
Sleepin' on his cardboard bed 
Using rags for a pillow 
Where he lays his unwashed head 
His blanket's old newspaper 
Not much good against the snow 
See so many like him out there 
When you walk the night patrol 
When you walk the night patrol 

Oh, you wonder where he came from 
Where he's gonna go 
Was it a woman or a bottle? 
That's brought him down so low 
What's happened to his family? 
Do they know he's out here in the cold? 
He's just a nameless soldier 
Marching on the night patrol 
Marching on the night patrol 

Like that girl on the corner 
She can't be more than seventeen 
She's run away from somewhere 
Taking nothing but her dreams 
Now those dreams are lying shattered 
As the street exacts its toll 
And she's just another victim 
Lost out on the night patrol 

Oh, you could ask me why I'm out here 
Where do I fit into the scene? 
Now I'm drawing unemployment 
Got replaced by a machine 
And I'm tortured by my bad habits 
Sometimes, I lose this struggle to control 
And the street has its attractions 
When you walk the night patrol 
When you walk the night patrol