In the world's mighty gall'ry of pictures
Hang scenes that are painted from life
There's pictures of joy and of sorrow
There's pictures of peace and of strife
There's pictures of youth and beauty
Old age and the blushing young bride
All hang on the wall, but the saddest of all
Is a picture from life's other side.
Just a picture from life's other side
Someone who fell by the way
A life has gone out with the tide
That may have been happy one day
Some poor old mother at home
Is watching and waiting alone
Just longing to hear from her loved ones so dear
It's a picture from life's other side.
The first scene is that of a gambler