Row Joe
Last night that's who I found, in the part of town Lost, forgotten no place to go Tormented with a bitter taste, outcast by the race A of torture was the face of Skid Row Joe
He up to where I stood on the street Said, "Pardon me Mister, now don't get me I don't want your money though 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 you starin' at me a while ago You me, didn't you?"
I said, "Yeah, Joe I who you are You was one time a real 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 read it in the papers" Then he turned his head away and I saw the tears fall in the
And he turned to me and he said, "You know This is the only place in the world I'm not ashamed To show my face, but I'm gonna quit, yes sir I'm quit"
"And I'm gonna shave and my hair and get me a clean white 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 you'll take me I'll the rest of my life makin' up to you for what 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 gonna 'em so close to me I ain't never let 'em go"
I guess I should've told him then that already remarried again But after hearin' what he'd to me Why there wasn't no way I add to his misery So I said, "Good luck, my to you"
Row Joe