This is a famous
Renown cabaret song.
Drifters, troupers, wait the clubs
that could always get an attention
when they sang this song.
The name of this one is
Nobody Knows You When You're
Down
Once I lived the life of a millionaire
Spending my money
like a fool who did not care
Showing a lot of people
a jolly good time
Buyin' bootleg champagne wine
Now you can see I fell down so low
Haven't got a penny, no place to go
If I ever get my hand s
on a dollar again
I'm gonna squeeze that eagle,
tell that eagle grin
I went to my sister's house,
knocked on her door,
she looked out the window
and she saw me standing in the snow,
I said, sis could you spare your poor brother
a few slices of bread,
she said you better get away from here
or I'll throw one of
these chairs at your head
I went to my brother's house
knocked on his door
his big mouth wife saw me
standing in three feet of snow
I said sis -in -law could
you spare your brother
a piece of bread
she said get away from here out there
talking all out your head.
Get away from there!
If I ever get my hand on a dollar game,
you can bet old Danny
won't be the same.
Because if I ever get my hand
on a dollar game,
I'm gonna squeeze
That eagle, that eagle grand.