An' my belly is cravin', I got a shakin' in my I feel like I'm dyin' an' I wish I were If I lived till tomorrow gonna be a long time For I'll reel and I'll and rise on codine An' it's real, an' it's real, one time
I was a young man I learned not to care Wild whiskey in front an' I did swear My mother and father said, "Whiskey is a But the fate of their baby, is a many worse" An' it's real, an' real, one more time
You'll forget your woman, forget about the man Try it just once, an' you'll try it It's sometimes you wonder and sometimes you think That I'm my life with abandon to drink An' it's real, an' real, one more time
Stay away from the cities, stay away from the away from the men pushin' the codine around Stay away from the stores where the remedy is I will live a few days as a slave to An' it's real, an' it's real, one more
An' my belly is cravin', got a shakin' in my head An' I've started oh, whether my body has said Stab with the grains of cocaine An' you'll end up dead or you'll end up An' it's real, an' it's real, one more
An' my is cravin', I've got a shakin' in my head I like I'm dyin' an' I wish I were dead If I lived till it's gonna be a long time For I'll reel and fall and rise up on codine An' real, an' it's real, one more time An' it's real, an' it's real, one more