Skid Row

(Merle Haggard)



Well. not long ago I was a happy man

Money in my pockets and a ring on my hand

My money's all Gone and I'm feelin' low

Standin' on the corner of Skid Row/



My girl friend left me she don't want me no more

We had a great big fight just a night before

She said I got no class because she knows

I've been hangin' around on Skid Row/



Well, people walk by and they stop and stare

They giggle and they snicker at the clothes I wear

It's just another day like it always goes

When you're hangin' around on Skid Row.



--- Instrumental ---



I got an old John Beam with the pain more through

Got a great big hole in the bottom of my shoe

My wine's all gone and I need some more

Standin' on the corner of Skid Row.



Well, people walk by and they stop and stare

They giggle and they snicker at the clothes I wear

It's just another day like it always goes

When you're hangin' around on Skid Row...