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 human 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 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 that's my too I noticed you at me a while ago You recognized me, 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 they took my babies away from me" I said, "Yeah, Joe I, I read it in the papers" Then he turned his head away and I saw the tears fall in the
And he to me and he said, "You know Mister This is the only place in the world that I'm not To my face, but I'm gonna quit, yes sir I'm gonna quit"
"And I'm gonna shave and comb my hair and get me a clean shirt Then I'm gonna up to her door When she 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 of myself and this I want you to know"
"Then I'm gonna my two little babies And I'm gonna 'em so close to me I ain't gonna 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 no way I could add to his misery So I said, "Good luck, my to you"
Row Joe