Actually there's a choice of Ron's version:
Cast away this outer shell
keep my desire within
Replace my own persona
with what you see in him
... and my own lunch time inspiration:
I just hang around the bar
and drown my misery in beer
I admire you from afar
too afraid to interfere
slowly I am getting drunk
I don't think I could take heart
I've got the feeling that I'm sunk
that I slowly fall apart