Row Joe
Last that's who I found, in the dirty part of town Lost, with no place to go Tormented with a bitter taste, outcast by the race A mask of torture was the of Skid Row Joe
He walked up to I stood on the street Said, "Pardon me Mister, now get me wrong I don't want your though heaven knows I could use it"
"But you see this is my and you see The other bar the street, well that's my home too I you starin' at me a while ago You recognized me, 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 heard they took my babies away me" I said, "Yeah, Joe I, I about it in the papers" Then he turned his away and I saw the tears fall in the place
And he turned to me and he said, "You Mister This is the place in the world 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 hair and get me a clean shirt Then I'm walk up to her door When she answers I'm gonna up real proud and tall I'm gonna get on my knees"
Then I'll say, "Sweetheart if take me back I'll spend the rest of my life makin' up to you for what I've I'm so ashamed of myself and I want you to know"
"Then I'm gonna take my two babies And I'm gonna hold 'em so to me I ain't never let 'em go"
I guess I should've told him that she'd already remarried again But hearin' what he'd said to me Why there wasn't no way I add to his misery So I said, "Good luck, my to you"
Row Joe