Wharf Rat - Live at P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. 6/22/73

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 doin' time for some other fucker's crime
 The other half found me stumbling around drunk on Burgundy wine
 But I'll get back on my feet someday
 The good Lord willin', if He says I may
 I know that the life I'm livin'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 dyin' 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"
 I got up and wandered
 Wandered downtown, nowhere to go but to 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