Anybody's better than nobody 'Cause one's never better than two Anybody's better than nobody For me and my barefoot blues I'm spending money like water And drinking life like wine But it's a big old bed in a lonesome house Unhappiness all I find Once I danced in the sunshine I used to laugh at the rain Did the belly-rub with all kinds of men Lord I'd love to do it again But in this sea of scorn & laughter
I look for the silvery moon But there's no one but me and my lonely key A bare bulb rented room I'm going down to the river Gonna have me a little swim An autumn flower in the frozen rain Can't believe the state I'm in 'Cause a body was better than nobody And one seemed worse than two When that anybody turned to nobody And left me to my barefoot blues