From a small country town to a big and lonely city

From a sweet country girl to a woman with no pity

Once a man with money now so ragged and funny as he cries

One dime for wine Mister one dime for wine

From a cool shady lane to a hard concrete jungle

From a man once respected to a man so low and humble

Once so full of pride now hangs his head and softly cries

One dime for wine Mister one dime for wine

What makes this man stoop so low and beg for money

Who is the man holding out his hand who could he be

Then I saw my own sad reflection in the water in the gutter off the street

And I realized that lowly man is me

One dime for wine Mister one dime for wine