time that i finally came down
my drinkin's been out of hand
my current state caused alarm
i chugged that liquor to beat the band
you know you can't stay drunk forever
i've lasted a year or two
but in the present...i'll be stayin' sober
my joy began to diminish...from booze

so goodbye derelict row
where the dregs are the city are housed
you won't find me in your flophouse
i'm gonna not be a souse
no more a-crawlin' a-foul from the goods
sluggin' that corny mash load
oh, i've finally uprighted...my future, bright
beyond the derelict row

what if you drank a cool one
at the saturday baseball game ?
would it progress...to some vodka and tonics
until you're on the street again ?
maybe i must make a statement
a pledge, said by me, to be bound
sober...you ain't havin' any
snifters of it ain't for you
you have found

so goodbye derelict row
where the dregs are the city are housed
you won't find me in your flophouse
i'm gonna not be a souse
no more a-crawlin' a-foul from the goods
sluggin' that corny mash load
oh, i've finally uprighted...my future, bright
beyond the derelict row