[Verse 1]

I wanna tell you a story

Ain't got no characters in it but me

I wanna sing you a sad song

Most of it I don't expect you to believe

It starts off just the whiskey and wine

Oh, some miles of travel and some real good times

But it ends in a dark corridor

Where there ain't no windows

And there ain't no doors

[Chorus]

Well that's me

Just a-drinking off this bottle and a-drifting out to sea

Well that's me

Just a-sitting here a-staring and a-shaking like a leaf

Well that's me

Just a-leaning on my shovel in this graveyard of dreams

Yeah that's me

Just a-leaning on my shovel in this graveyard of dreams

[Verse 2]

I wanna take you to a shipwreck

A thousand miles underneath the Black Sea

It looks like everybody's sleeping

But look close: they are dead indeed

I wanna lead you to an armchair

Deep back in the files of my mind

I wanna sit you in a candle's light

Where I've been spending all of my time

[Chorus]

Well that's me

Just a-drinking off this bottle; is it drinking off of me?

Well that's me

Just a-sitting here a-staring and a-shaking like a leaf

Well that's me

Just a-leaning on my shovel in this graveyard of dreams

Yeah that's me

Just a-leaning on my shovel in this graveyard of dreams