I went to high school with that kid   He was even strange back then   The type whose eyes don't leave the floor   Blend in with the cement      Well, I felt so bad for that kid   One day I saw his face turn green   And as he tumbled to the floor   The thought of reaching out never occurred to me      Why don't we open up   Knowing that we all falter   And when will we learn   To reach out for each other      He lived out on the edge of town   And I'm pretty sure he had a brother   It seemed that boy could walk for days   I suspect to avoid his mother      And I always knew he had it bad   Tougher than any of us others did   Still I never asked him how he was doing   What could I do? I was just a kid      And why don't we open up   Knowing that we all falter   And when will we learn   To reach out for each other      So, now he's the new town bum   He talks to himself and picks up cans all day   And when my kids ask me about him   What'll I say? What'll I say?      And why don't we open up   Knowing that we, we all falter   And when will we learn   When will we learn to open up   Knowing that we all falter      When will we learn   I said, when will we learn   When will we learn   To reach out for each other