Row Joe
Last night 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 up to where I stood on the street Said, "Pardon me Mister, now get me wrong I don't want your money though heaven knows I use it"
"But you see is my home and you see The other bar down the street, that's my home too I noticed you at me a while ago You recognized me, you?"
I said, "Yeah, Joe I who you are You was one time a 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 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 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 white shirt Then I'm walk up to her door she answers I'm gonna stand up real proud and tall Then I'm get on my knees"
Then I'll say, "Sweetheart if take me back I'll spend the rest of my makin' up to you for what I've done I'm so ashamed of and this I want you to know"
"Then I'm gonna my two little babies And I'm gonna hold 'em so to me I ain't never let 'em go"
I guess I told him then that she'd already remarried again But after 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