Robert Hunter - Wharf Rat lyrics

[Verse] Old man down, way down down, down by the docks of the city Blind and dirty, asked me for a dime, a dime for a cup of coffee I got no dime but i got some time to hear his story My name is august west, and i love my pearly baker best more than my wine More than my wine - more than my maker, though he's no friend of mine Everyone said, i'd come to no good, i knew i would pearly, believe them Half of my life, i spent doing time for some other f**er's crime The other half found me stumbling 'round drunk on burgundy wine But i'll get back on my feet again someday The good lord willing, if he says i may I know that the life i'm living's no good I'll get a new start, live the life i should I'll get up and fly away, i'll get up and fly away, fly away Pearly's been true, true to me, true to my dying day he said I said to him, i said to him, "i'm sure she's been." I said to him, "i'm sure she's been true to you." Got up and wandered, wandered downtown, nowhere to go but just hang around I've got a girl, named bonnie lee, i know that girl's been true to me I know she's been, i'm sure she's been true to me