Lyrics

The other night, I was on Skid Row By a liquor store sign's garish glow; I saw a fellow I used to know a long, long time ago He stood with the lost, with the living dead With rumpled clothes and a reeling head Reviewing the wasted life he'd led, and as I passed he said "Let me tell you a story that's sad but true About someone who just may remind you of you Let me tell you a tale that may help you wake up and think - Somebody buy me a drink "It begins long ago on a happy day With a fool who was loved, but threw love away Who exchanged a good home for a flophouse, a bar, and the clink - Somebody buy me a drink (Bridge:) "Well, to see me today, when I have hit the skids Who would think I once had a fine wife and kids? Yes, I was that fool, after treasure and pleasure And love was just a game played with some other dame "Now there's only one thing I feel certain of: The only true treasure in life is love Without someone to love and love you, see how low you can sink? Somebody buy me a drink Somebody, somebody, buy me a drink."