Ran into an old friend - uptown Friday night
She'd had too much Tequila - Must say she looked a fright
"I'm feeling old and tired; don't care to be alone'
She asked me if I could - 'would I take her home"
Her directions led us home - to the wrong side of the tracks
To a place that long ago I swore -"I'm never coming back"
"Do you remember hon ... you gave me my First drink"
The tears came so heavy - I was afraid to blink
Those last words she spoke - still searing in my brain
The pain so hot - I thought I'd go insane
"You drunks say the coldest things - but blame me if you will'
' I'm gonna need another shot to rid me of your chill''
"For old times sake,' I said - 'I think we should go 'Slumming'
"Down to 'Old Town' - like when we were just sixteen'
"And you were the prettiest girl that heaven ever seen"
"I don't know' she said - 'It's not like I remember'
'The lights are brighter now - the streets are nice and clean'
"Not like when we'd get our kicks...
Watching Hoochie Mamas hooking up with Tricks"
"And you, I asked... 'What do you remember most
About those endless nights?'
"When our minds bemused of reason - reason took to flight"
Sober now, she spoke softly ... of times I see in dreams
She said ..."I remember the Poetry you wrote for me...
So long ago it seems"
"On the walls down there in 'Old Town'
" Like OUR lives... now crumbling down"