I"m down at the Bowery oh Lord oh Lord
I"m gonna tell ya how I got here
First I gotta shoot some dice and win
So I can get my room again
It all started with a love so true and the angels flew
Higher than I"d ever been
With a sparkle in her face and her eyes and the b***erfly
It all came rushing in
A b***ercup
I lost my wife in "73
She took ill, she done died on me
Now I"ve got nothing more to live for
So I packed up a bag and went
I just started wanderin"
I hid in the booze and the shadows of the night
I just started crumblin"
A b***ercup
I lost my wife in "73
She took ill, she done died on me
Now I"ve got nothing more to live for
Oh, it just don"t seem fair
I met her under a chandelier
And time and s***e changed from there
A b***ercup
I lost my wife in "73
She took ill, she done died on me
Now I"ve got nothing more to live for
I"m gonna tell ya how I got here
First I gotta shoot some dice and win
So I can get my room again
It all started with a love so true and the angels flew
Higher than I"d ever been
With a sparkle in her face and her eyes and the b***erfly
It all came rushing in
A b***ercup
I lost my wife in "73
She took ill, she done died on me
Now I"ve got nothing more to live for
So I packed up a bag and went
I just started wanderin"
I hid in the booze and the shadows of the night
I just started crumblin"
A b***ercup
I lost my wife in "73
She took ill, she done died on me
Now I"ve got nothing more to live for
Oh, it just don"t seem fair
I met her under a chandelier
And time and s***e changed from there
A b***ercup
I lost my wife in "73
She took ill, she done died on me
Now I"ve got nothing more to live for