Row Joe
Last that's 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 though heaven knows I could use it"
"But you see this is my and you see The other bar down the street, that's my home too I noticed you starin' at me a 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 away me" I said, "Yeah, Joe I, I read it in the papers" Then he turned his head away and I saw the fall in the place
And he turned to me and he said, "You Mister This is the only 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 gonna shave and my hair and get me a clean 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"
I'll say, "Sweetheart if you'll take me back I'll spend the rest of my life makin' up to you for what done I'm so of myself and this I want you to know"
"Then I'm take 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 already remarried again But hearin' what he'd said to me Why there wasn't no way I could add to his So I said, "Good luck, my to you"
Row Joe