Row Joe
Last night that's who I found, in the part of town Lost, with no place to go Tormented with a bitter taste, outcast by the human A mask of was the face of Skid Row Joe
He walked up to where I stood on the Said, "Pardon me Mister, now don't get me I want your money though heaven knows I could use it"
"But you see is my home and you see The other bar the street, well that's my home too I noticed you at me a while ago You me, didn't you?"
I said, "Yeah, Joe I who you are You was one a real famous singin' star, one of my favorites"
He said, "Well I guess you heard they my babies away from me" I said, "Yeah, Joe I, I about it in the papers" Then he turned his head away and I saw the fall in the place
And he to me and he said, "You know Mister This is the only place in the that I'm not ashamed To show my face, but I'm gonna quit, yes sir I'm quit"
"And I'm gonna shave and comb my and get me a clean white shirt I'm gonna walk up to her door When she answers I'm gonna stand up proud and tall Then I'm get on my knees"
Then say, "Sweetheart if you'll take me back I'll spend the rest of my life makin' up to you for I've done I'm so ashamed of myself and this I you to know"
"Then I'm take my two little babies And I'm gonna 'em so close to me I gonna never let 'em go"
I guess I should've told him then that she'd already remarried But after what he'd said to me Why there wasn't no way I could add to his So I said, "Good luck, my to you"
Row Joe