Drop a dollar in my bowl
It could be good for you
Instant karma don’t you know
I might make a dream come true
I’m just like a sad-eyed wishing well
The charge will do you good
A friend in need, a friend indeed
Drop a dollar in my bowl
Me & my begging bowl
We are everywhere I know
And you can’t give all day
But feat your eyes upon my need
My want is quality
See I was straight til ‘88
I was left out in the cold
Lost my job, my wife, my life
And I got this begging bowl
Me & my begging bowl
So every day I rise at five
And stake my place in town
And fifty thousand heads a day
I plead to help me out
And I hear the rumours going ‘round
And I know how cruel you are
“Well I bet he make’s a grand a day
And drive’s a Jaguar”
Me & my begging bowl
© Geoff Achison 1999