There was a time I lived the life 
of women, song, and wine 
Spent my nights in loving rooms 
where the ladies all were kind 
Singing songs and spending all 
and being no one's slave 
I still had style when the devil smiled 
and he took it all away

Chorus: 
Sheila can you help me 
I cannot go no higher 
Sheila can you help me 
My head is all on fire

I laughed at all the truth I saw 
in the life I had no more 
and fortune but a whore 
In the good times we were riding high 
til the good times all were gone 
And I wasn't sure what the bad times were 
til the devil pushed me down 

Chorus 

Now it's just a life of room to room 
where my lovers come no more 
In the dream that I could beat 
the devil from my door 
God it gets so lonesome 
when the fire is in your veins 
When all you got is one last shot 
to get it right again 

Chorus