D.T. empty stare and body shiver
Whisky - need a shot to stop the quiver
I've been here for days or minutes

Where is here? I couldn't tell
Somewhere in the outer limits
Pretty close, I guess, to Hell

Hazy names and places
Foggy memory
Help me - Mister, can you spare a dollar?

Need a drink before I start to holler
Seedy bars is where I hang out
Crawling up the Strip all night

Dodging tabs and seeking spenders
Passing out or starting fights
It's a way of living

In the underworld

Close to the edge - Barfly

Ready to fall
Walking the ledge - Barfly
Nothing or all

Playing your part - Barfly
Searching... Barfly


Barrooms - stench of beer, the smell of losers
Lowlifes - aging !@^%s and senile boozers
We're a family of zombies

But a family nonetheless
Gotta hang on to each other
When your life's a filthy mess

Fighting for survival
Fighting loneliness


Way out - got a choice, I'm not a dumb one
Create - write a book and be a someone
Memoirs very popular

In those intellectual circles
Barfly turns to cult - scene start
Sleaze can be attractive

Viewed from safer shores

Close to the edge - Barfly

Ready to fall
Nothing or all - Barfly
Searching... Barfly