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