Top Songs By Oscar Brown Jr.
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Oscar Brown, Jr.
Vocals
Don Arone
Guitar
Everett Barksdale
Guitar
A. Chernet
Guitar
Osie Johnson
Drums
George Devens
Drums
Bobbie Rosengarden
Drums
Floyd Morris
Piano
Alonzo Levister
Piano
Bernie Leighton
Piano
George Duvivier
Bass
Frank Carroll
Bass
Joe Benjamin
Bass
Phil Bodner
Saxophone
Joe Solde
Saxophone
Billy Butterfield
Trumpet
Joe Wilder
Trumpet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Odell Brown
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Al Ham
Original Producer
Joel Dorn
Reissue Producer
Lyrics
The other night, I was on Skid Row
By a liquor store sign's garrish glow;
I saw a fellow I used to know a long, long time ago.
He stood with the lost, with the living dead,
With rumpled clothes and a reeling head,
Reviewing the wasted life he'd lead, and as I passed he said,
"Let me tell you a story that's sad but true
About someone who just may remind you of you
Let me tell you a tale that may help you awake a woozy head -
Somebody buy me a drink.
"It begins long ago on a happy day,
With a fool who was loved, but threw it all away,
Who exchanged a good home for a flophouse, a bar and a plank -
Somebody buy me a drink.
(Bridge:)
"Well, to see me today, when I have hit the skids,
Who would think I once had a fine wife and kids?
Yes, I was that fool, after treasure and pleasure,
And love was just a game played with some other dame.
"Now there's only one thing I feel certain of:
The only true treasure in life is love.
Without someone to love and love you, see how low you can sink?
Somebody buy me a drink,
Somebody, somebody, buy me a drink."
Writer(s): Oscar Jr Brown
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