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The other night out along Skid Row
By the 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 and threw love away
Who exchanged a good home for a flophouse, a bar and a clink
Somebody buy me a drink
Well, to see me today when I have hit the skids
Who'd think I once had a fine wife and kids?
Guess 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
La-la-la-la-la
Just a little taste