I know an oldtimer   Just a nickel-and-dimer(1)   At the bar down the Adios Lounge   And for whiskey and smokes   Recites poems and jokes   But he's not just your average clown   And he's entertaining nightly   Down the Adios Lounge   And he puts it politely   But he does lay it down      Now I lie here alone in my bed   With these words running wild in my head   He said...      Don't let nobody go there for you   Don't be satisfied with a second-hand life   Don't let nobody stifle or bore you   Handle your troubles or take on your strife   Don't let nobody live your life for you   Not your friends, not your kids, no not even your wife   If you want to know where the rainbow ends   It's you who´ve got to go there and find it my friend      So I'm going back down   To the Adios Lounge   Where there's no one to wait up for me   I hope he's still around   Oh, that crazy old scrounge   To tell us how things ought to be   He said...      Don't let nobody go there for you   Don't be satisfied with a second-hand life   Don't let nobody stifle or bore you   Handle your troubles or take on your strife   Don't let nobody live your life for you   Not your friends, not your kids, no not even your wife   If you want to know where the rainbow ends   It's you who've got to go there and find it my friend      So I buy him more drinks   Just to hear what he thinks   Oh, it's worth it to see him almost smile   It's worth feeling free for a while   At the bar down the Adios Lounge   At the bar down the Adios Lounge   At the bar down the Adios Lounge