The days of my youth I remember so well   We lived in a world all our own   Nobody cared where my money came from   If I had it I wasn't alone      Oh, the wine flowed freely and friendship was mine   How they all loved me back then   But here in my prison I'm sitting alone   And now where are all of my friends      So drink and be merry if that is your wish   Your souls, to the Lord, I commend   Remember some day you may be as I am   With nothing, not even a friend      Oh, the wine flowed freely and friendship was mine   How they all loved me back then   But here in my prison I'm sitting alone   And now where are all of my friends      So here's to the freedom I never will have   For me it's not long to the end   But it's better to die then to spend forty years   With the cold prison walls for a friend      Oh, the wine flowed freely and friendship was mine   How they all loved me back then   But here in my prison I'm sitting alone   And now where are all of my friends