The Future Is Not What It Used To Be

I left Decatur helping to forget
 Bought a ticket to Skowhegan, Maine
 I wound up in Seattle too drunk and too rattled
 To know that I caught the wrong train
 I met some fast easy women and some hard drinking men
 Trying to drown the sorrow in me
 Aah, I once had a lot but the future is not
 Not what it used to be
 Aah, the years they went by and I went steadily down
 'Til I had no place I could go
 Made the soup lines by morning and the dives every night
 Wrecking my body and soul
 And then I met a lady and in time she made me forget
 Yes, her love set me free
 Aah we ain't got a lot but the future is not
 Not what it used to be
 Oh, I never thought I could live to get over
 For the past cut a hole deep in me
 But now there's a chance I'll be here a while longer
 At least now I wanna be
 Somebody told me that you were in town
 I found out today
 And you know that I'm sorry to hear that you're down
 But I mean what can I say?
 That I know your sorrow and I know your pain
 Don't you know I know your need?
 'Cause I want to love you a lot but the future is not
 Not what it used to be