i left decatur hell bent 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 oh i once had a lot but the future is not not what it used to be ooh the years they went by and i went steadily down til i had no place i could go i 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 no 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 older for the past cut a hle deep in me but now there s a chance i ll be here a while longer and at least now i wanna be somebody told me that you were in town and i found out today and you know i m sorry to hear that you re down but honey what can i say i know your sorrow i know your pain don t know i know your need cause i once loved you a lot but girl the future is not not what it used to be