Private Gig, Jones (alt verse lyrics)

... or for the New Yorkers, a Bagel with a Schmear

Indeed. Thank you!

Luckilly, I have a loose-leaf notebook right here with a hand-written "days of alms have passed". I'd call that a definitive source

I'm going with that "days of alms have passed" mostly because I've seen it written that way in discussion of the Thomas Jefferson Kaye version. It could be "days have almost passed" or something like that, though.

This is my best attempt at the lyrics here:

Well the bus pulled into town

And I threw my stuff down

And my feets off and running before my mouth hit the ground

I came courting my fate

I came ready to wait

But I guess I got lucky on the very first date

Now the days of alms have passed

There's no more rainbows to be had

No silver linings shine down on me

But a monkey on a silver string ain't really all that bad

Just waitin' til my Jones comes down on me

Well I was standing like this

At the edge of the abyss

When the truth came and snaked me with its steamy wet kiss

He said you're all in the clear

You got nothing to fear

You just aim for the bottom, it's a straight shot from here

Now the days of alms have passed

There's no more rainbows to be had

No silver linings shine down on me

But a monkey on a silver string ain't really all that bad

Just waitin' til my Jones comes down on me

Nice!