I strolled in a bar downtown to lose my blues
Rest my weary feet, dust my shoes
Asked the bartender there, "Please,
Give me one large gla** of ruby wine."
Seemed like a movie scene out of the West
Walls made of paper card false like the rest
Still the wine seemed real cheap
At one dollar a gla** in nobody's bar
Now here come the sherief's man, gun in his hand
Seeing him stand there, 'lone, drinking
At one dollar a gla** in nobody's bar
Endless faces now, swimming around
Eyes without vision, ears without sound
To and fro they stand before me
A vision of heaven without Jesus there
Easy young woman got nothing to give
Only her body to bargain with
"Hey sweet boy, won't you buy me
Just one large gla** of ruby wine"
( undeciphered) I'm going home
Tired of rolling on like a stone
Hey I lost my mind drinking
At one dollar a gla** in nobody's bar