Ain't got me no friends,   ain't got me no home.   Lord knowns I've got burdens   I can't bear alone.      But deserts I've wandered   and bare streets I've roamed.   Still i ain't got nobody,   I'm all alone.      The tide it keeps rising   and carries us away.   And nobody's listening   to a word that you say.   There's no way of knowing    as we're floating away   if we're going to live to   see another day.      Ain't got me no money   not a dime to my name.   You know all my possessions   fit into one suitcase.      I'm doing my best    just to eat everyday.   But they keep sending me   stacks of bills I cannot pay.      The tide it keeps rising   and carries us away.   And nobody's listening   to a word that you say.   There's no way of knowing    as we're floating away   if we're going to live to   see another day.      Well I'm at your door   and I'm knocking.   Won't you come out   and let me in?      Say it don't matter   where I have been.   Say that you will   call me your friend.      The tide it keeps rising   and carries us away.   And nobody's listening   to a word that you say.   There's no way of knowing    as we're floating away   if we're going to live to   see another day.