“The Day Before” (01/27/76)

In every bar there’s a man

with a broken heart and a bottle in his hand.

He may be wealthy or he may be poor

but he lives in a world of fantasy

with a dream of the day before.

There’s a tear in each eye

proof that he’s been crying.

There’s pain in his heart

side-effect of slowly dying.

There’s doubt in his mind

that refuses to set him free.

I should know

that man is me.