D.T. empty stare and body shiver
   Whisky - need a shot to stop the quiver
   I've been here for days or minutes
   Where is here? I couldn't tell
   Somewhere in the outer limits
   Pretty close, I guess, to Hell
   Hazy names and places
   Foggy memory
   Help me - Mister, can you spare a dollar?
   Need a drink before I start to holler
   Seedy bars is where I hang out
   Crawling up the Strip all night
   Dodging tabs and seeking spenders
   Passing out or starting fights
   It's a way of living
   In the underworld
  
   Close to the edge - Barfly
   Ready to fall
   Walking the ledge - Barfly
   Nothing or all
   Playing your part - Barfly
   Searching... Barfly
  
   Barrooms - stench of beer, the smell of losers
   Lowlifes - aging whores and senile boozers
   We're a family of zombies
   But a family nonetheless
   Gotta hang on to each other
   When your life's a filthy mess
   Fighting for survival
   Fighting loneliness
  
   Way out - got a choice, I'm not a dumb one
   Create - write a book and be a someone
   Memoirs very popular
   In those intellectual circles
   Barfly turns to cult - scene start
   Sleaze can be attractive
   Viewed from safer shores
  
   Close to the edge - Barfly
   Ready to fall
   Nothing or all - Barfly
   Searching... Barfly