Thanks for the dinner, thanks for the wine  It's been a hell of an evening and I've had a good time  And now that it's over, well let's get it straight  Don't think that I'm stupid, that I took the bait  I know you're in trouble and you're on the mat  So before you get busy, well here's where it's at    Chorus:  Where were you when I needed you  Where were you at the fall  Where were you when the light went out  You were nowhere at all    Danny's a junkie and Susie's on bail  And Jimmy's still there in that Mexican jail  And while you've been sitting with your face in your food  Lucy's out there in that Norwegian wood  You think you've got troubles, well what do you know  And as for the favour you know where to go    (chorus)    You were the hero, you were the best  I was the fool that got left with the mess  And while you were living it up on the coast  Yours truly was stuck here with a room full of ghosts  So hear what I tell you, you miserable clown  We're all gonna help you, on your way down    (chorus x2)