the wine flowed freely

the days of my youth i remember so well

we lived in a world all our own

nobody cared where my money came from

if i had it i wasn't alone

oh

the wine flowed freely and friendship was mine

how they all loved me back then

but here in my prison i'm sitting alone

and now where are all of my friends

so drink and be merry if that is your wish

your souls

to the lord

i commend

remember some day you may be as i am

with nothing

not even a friend

oh

the wine flowed freely and friendship was mine

how they all loved me back then

but here in my prison i'm sitting alone

and now where are all of my friends

so here's to the freedom i never will have

for me it's not long to the end

but it's better to die then to spend forty years

with the cold prison walls for a friend

oh

the wine flowed freely and friendship was mine

how they all loved me back then

but here in my prison i'm sitting alone

and now where are all of my friends