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