Row Joe
Last night that's who I found, in the part of town Lost, forgotten with no to go Tormented with a taste, outcast by the human race A of torture was the face of Skid Row Joe
He walked up to where I stood on the Said, "Pardon me Mister, now get me wrong I don't want money though heaven knows I could use it"
"But you see this is my and you see The bar down 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 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 fall in the place
And he turned to me and he said, "You know This is the only 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 shave 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"
I'll say, "Sweetheart if you'll take me back I'll spend the of my life makin' up to you for what I've done I'm so ashamed of myself and this I you to know"
"Then I'm take 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 that she'd already again But hearin' what he'd said to me Why wasn't no way I could add to his misery So I said, "Good luck, my to you"
Row Joe