Well, I'm broke, lovesick and driftin' And I've done a lot of hard, hard livin' Livin' on the road and seein' how it goes I grew up fast and it shows 'Cause livin' the nightlife is where I belong And drinkin' with the drunks who don't want to go home And it's hard, it's rough but I can't quite get enough Oh, I'm doin' the best that I can Well, I'm broke, lovesick and driftin' And I've had my share of good women I once had a good home, a wife to call my own But now I'm here drunk and alone 'Cause livin' the nightlife is where I belong And drinkin' with the drunks who don't want to go home And it's hard, it's rough but I can't quite get enough Oh, I'm doin' the best that I can