David Johansen And The Harry Smiths - Somebody Buy Me a Drink lyrics

The other night out along the skid row Beneath a liquor store sign's garrish glow There stood a fellow that I used to know a long, long time ago He stood with the lost and all the living dead With rumpled clothes and a reeling head Reviewing the wasted life he'd lead and as I pa**ed he said Hey, let me tell you a story, it's sad but true Hey, let me tell you a story, it may remind you of you Hey, let me tell you a tale and try to help you to wake up and think Somebody buy me a drink It begins long ago on such a happy day With a fool who was loved but he threw that love away Who exchanged a good home for the flop house, for the bar room and the clink Somebody buy me a drink Well, to see me today that I have hit the skids Who'd think, at one time, I had a fine wife and kids? Yeah, I was that fool out after treasure and pleasure Hey, love was just a game, I played it with some other dame There's only one thing, in this life, I feel certain of The only true treasure in life is love Without love and someone to love you, gonna see how low you can sink Hey, somebody buy me a drink Well, somebody, somebody buy me, a drink