Now, I been well-warned and I didn't take heed in time Now, I been well-warned, didn't take heed in time Now, I been well-warneded, I didn't take heed in time I done lost my health and gone stone blind Now I'm 'ant to know your friends when you get down Now I want to know your friends, you get down Now I want to know your friends, you get down They be always askin' 'bout you, don't never come around Now, when you lose your eyesight, your best friend gone Now, when you lose your eyesight, your best friend gone Now, when you lose your eyesight, your best friend gone Your???, just people want to fool with you wrong Now, my mother and my father are both dead and gone Now, my mother and my father are both dead and gone Now, my mother and my father, they both dead and gone You know they left me 'round here, still stumblin' along Now, I was standin' on the corner, close 'side the wall Now, I was standin' on the corner, close 'side the wall Now, I was standin' on the corner, I was close 'side the wall Only way I c'd tell my friend I had to catch