Wine Flowed Freely

(Joe Babcock)



All the days of my youth I remember so well

I lived in a world all my own

Nobody cared where my money came from

When I had it I wasn't alone.



Oh, the wine flowed freely and friendship was mine

How they all loved me back then

But here in this prison I sit all alone

And now where are all of my friends.



So drink and be merry if this is your wish

Or waste your young life out in sin

But remember someday you may be as I am

With nothing not even a friend.



Oh, the wine flowed freely and friendship was mine

How they all loved me back then

But here in this prison I sit all alone

And now where are all of my friends.



So here's to the freedom I never shall have

I know it's not long till the end

But I'd rather be dead than to spend ninety years

With a cold prison wall for a friend...