Row Joe
Last that's who I found, in the dirty part of town Lost, with no place to go Tormented a bitter taste, outcast by the human race 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 don't want your though heaven knows I could use it"
"But you see is my home and you see The other bar down the street, well 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 took my babies from me" I said, "Yeah, Joe I, I read it in the papers" Then he turned his head away and I saw the tears in the place
And he turned to me and he said, "You know This is the only place in the world that I'm not To show my face, but I'm gonna quit, yes sir I'm quit"
"And I'm gonna shave and comb my hair and get me a clean white Then I'm walk up to her door When she answers I'm gonna stand up proud and tall I'm gonna get on my knees"
Then I'll say, "Sweetheart if you'll take me I'll spend the rest of my life up to you for what I've done I'm so of myself and this I want you to know"
"Then I'm take my two little babies And I'm gonna hold 'em so to me I gonna never let 'em go"
I guess I should've told him then that she'd already again But hearin' what he'd said to me Why there no way I could add to his misery So I said, "Good luck, my to you"
Row Joe