I met a man out on a bridge pier   He said he's gonna jump to save his soul   I said what's the world done to make you mad man   He said sit down son now here's the dope   I can't find work 'cause i'm a blind man   I can't see but sometimes i can see the light   Now is my life a labor of love or is my life a love of labor   I still got a hollow feeling in my life      What a way to go   What a way to go   What a way to go   What a way to go      I met this girl her name escapes me   Said son i'd love you to be my man   She wrote her name out on a dollar   I spent that dollar on a shot of jim   Spent it on a shot of jim      I talked him down and then i walked off   I turned around and he was gone himself   A mile down the road it came upon me   It was me i talked off that ledge   It was me i talked off that ledge   It was me i talked off that ledge      What a way to go   What a way to go   What a way to go