i met a man out on a bridge pier

he said he's gonna jump to save his soul

i said what's the world done to make you mad man

he said sit down son now here's the dope

i can't find work 'cause i'm a blind man

i can't see but sometimes i can see the light

now is my life a labor of love or is my life a love of labor

i still got a hollow feeling in my life



what a way to go

what a way to go

what a way to go

what a way to go



i met this girl her name escapes me

said son i'd love you to be my man

she wrote her name out on a dollar

i spent that dollar on a shot of jim

spent it on a shot of jim



i talked him down and then i walked off

i turned around and he was gone himself

a mile down the road it came upon me

it was me i talked off that ledge

it was me i talked off that ledge

it was me i talked off that ledge



what a way to go

what a way to go

what a way to go