Row Joe
Last night that's who I found, in the part of town Lost, forgotten with no to go Tormented a bitter taste, outcast by the human race A mask of 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 your money though heaven knows I use it"
"But you see is my home and you see The other bar down the street, that's my home too I noticed you starin' at me a 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 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 Mister is the only place 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 gonna shave and comb my hair and get me a clean shirt Then I'm gonna walk up to her When she answers I'm gonna up real proud and tall Then I'm get on my knees"
Then I'll say, "Sweetheart if take me back spend 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 hold 'em so to me I ain't gonna let 'em go"
I guess I should've told him then that she'd already remarried But after hearin' 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