The days of my youth I remember so well

We lived in a world all our own

Nobody cared where my money came from

If I had it I wasn't alone



Oh, the wine flowed freely and friendship was mine

How they all loved me back then

But here in my prison I'm sitting alone

And now where are all of my friends



So drink and be merry if that is your wish

Your souls, to the Lord, I commend

Remember some day you may be as I am

With nothing, not even a friend



Oh, the wine flowed freely and friendship was mine

How they all loved me back then

But here in my prison I'm sitting alone

And now where are all of my friends



So here's to the freedom I never will have

For me it's not long to the end

But it's better to die then to spend forty years

With the cold prison walls for a friend



Oh, the wine flowed freely and friendship was mine

How they all loved me back then

But here in my prison I'm sitting alone

And now where are all of my friends