The characters came and they have all gone
In this public house where I feel I belong
The backrooms of sloughed saloons
In the dangerous parts of this dirty old town
I took the chance, it weren't for me
A pint of beer, and a dram of whiskey
I took the chance, but it didn't workout
A barrel of rum, a keg of black stout.
The characters came and they have all gone
In this public house where I feel I belong
The backrooms of sloughed saloons
In the dangerous parts of this dirty old town
Home is where the heart is so they say
I'll chance a pint is where I stay
I've seen them come and I've seen them go
The Lonely men cry and the pretty girls grow old
I took the chance, it weren't for me
A pint of beer, and a dram of whiskey
I took the chance, but it didn't workout
A barrel of rum, a keg of black stout
Been a gambler a rouge and a thug
And all the charlottes I have came to love
And picking pennies from the sawdust floors
Night drowned streets I have nothing no more
I spend my time in the pubs around town
Sitting at the bar I can usually be found
As another pint of ale slowly goes down
My troubles seem to fade my life is turned round
I took the chance, it weren't for me
A pint of beer, and a dram of whiskey
I took the chance, but it didn't workout
A barrel of rum, a keg of black stout
I took the chance, it weren't for me
A pint of beer, and a dram of whiskey
I took the chance, but it didn't workout
A barrel of rum, a keg of black stout
My times nearly up I lived my life well
I guess for my sins I'll end up in hell
Down at the bottom with them that's like me
Cos I'm just a chancer what will Be will be