The YMCA Down the Street from the Clinic Lyrics

Lyric discussion by puddlejumper 

Cover art for The YMCA Down the Street from the Clinic lyrics by Lawrence Arms, The

To me, this song is about struggling with alcoholism. He's lost his girl, it sounds like he's lost his home, and he sees his bleak future in the old men at the bar and the man in the bathroom, but he can't break the chains of his addiction.