Row Joe
Last night 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 face of Row Joe
He walked up to where I stood on the Said, "Pardon me Mister, now don't get me I don't want money 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 you heard they took my babies away from me" I said, "Yeah, Joe I, I about 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 show my face, but I'm quit, yes sir I'm gonna quit"
"And I'm gonna and comb my hair and get me a clean white shirt I'm gonna walk up to her door When she answers I'm gonna stand up proud and tall Then I'm get on my knees"
Then say, "Sweetheart if you'll take me back I'll spend the rest of my life makin' up to you for 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 hold 'em so close to me I ain't never let 'em go"
I guess I should've told him then 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