Once I thought I'd set the world afire
Now the flames of youth are flickering and cold
I dreamed of spacious mansions made of marble
and wealth to comfort me while I grow old
Now I pull this tattered robe a little closer
try to catch the scattered fragments of my dreams
at least I've got some friends I can rely on
Johnny Walker, Jack Daniels and Jim Beam
Chorus
But the years' been eaten by the locust
They took away everything I ever had
I'm dressed up in my ashes and my sackcloth
I was pouring in good lovin after bad
the wheels just keep a turnin and a grindin
each day a little slower than before
I'm sitting in my chair here with a bottle
watchin shadows playin tag across the floor
Every morning the bathroom mirror tells me stories
I try to tell myself their only lies
My cheeks are sinkin like the ol' Titanic
The Hindenburg exploding in my eyes
chorus
pouring in good lovin after bad
pouring in good lovin after bad
pouring in good lovin after bad
