Down in the Valley

The world used to be an oyster for me I could drink off a dollar or a dime And I never thought I'd amount to much 'Til I came into some land It was handed to me Given free By a stranger who said he was my pa Now some people come More often they go So I set up this local's bar And now I'm down in the valley Where I can't pay the rent And the city won't let me sleep Yeah I've wandered away But I know I'll come back to those Faces and names Debts must be paid Time runs away in this place I've been singing in this shack for a couple of years The owner 'fesses to a number of misdemeanors But now he's down in the valley Where he can't pay the rent And the city won't let him be. Yeah they've locked him away But I know he'll come back to us Faces and names Debts must be paid Time runs away in this place So long I sing To the roses, to the roses Buried memory He'll miss the dinner this eve We'll all be merry Thinking of his face Someday this pub will be paved Paved over his grave And he'll be down in the valley Where he can't pay the rent And the city won't let him sleep Yeah he's wandered away But I know he'll come back to us Faces and names Some things never change Time runs away in this place