You ask me if I'm happy now
That's good as any joke I've heard

It seems that since I've seen you last
I done forgot the meaning of the words

If happiness is empty rooms and drinkin' in the afternoon
Well, I suppose I'm happy as a clam

But if it's got a thing to do with smilin' or forgettin' you
Well, I don't guess that I could say I am

Did you ever see a down and outer waking up alone
Without a blanket on to keep him from the dew?

When the water from the weeds has soaked the papers
He's been puttin' in his shoes to keep the ground from comin' through

And his future feels as empty as the pockets in his pants
Because he's never seen a single dream come true

That's the way that I've been feelin' since the day I started falling
From the bottle to the bottom stool by stool

Learnin' hard to live with losin' you

You wonder if I'm better off
With freedom now to do the things I choose

Well, all my times my own and
I got nothin' left but sleepin' time to lose

There's no one here to carry on
If I stay out the whole night long
Or give a tankerous damn if I don't call

I'm livin' like I wanted to
And doin' things I want to do
And nothin' means a thing to me at all

Did you ever see a down and outer waking up alone
Without a blanket on to keep him from the dew?

When the water from the weeds has soaked the papers
He's been puttin' in his shoes to keep the ground from comin' through

And his future feels as empty as the pockets in his pants
Because he's never seen a single dream come true

That's the way that I've been feelin' since the day I started falling
From the bottle to the bottom stool by stool
Learnin' hard to live with losin' you