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