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