| An' my belly’s craving, I got a shakin' in my head
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| I feel like I’m dyin' an' I wish I were dead
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| If I live til tomorrow, it’s gonna be a long time
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| For I’ll reel and I’ll fall and rise on codine
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| An' it’s real, an' it’s real, one more time
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| When I was a young man I learned not to care
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| About whiskey and from it, I often did swear
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| My mother and father said whiskey is a curse
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| But the fate of their baby is many times worse
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| An' it’s real, an' it’s real, one more time
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| You’ll forget you’re woman, you’ll forget about men
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| Try it just once, an' you’ll try it again
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| And sometimes you wonder and an' sometimes you think
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| That I’m living my life without bending to drink
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| An' it’s real, an' it’s real, one more time
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| Stay away from the cities, stay away from the towns
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| Stay away from the men pushin' the codeine around
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| Stay away from the stores where the remedy is found
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| Or you’ll live off your days as a slave to codine
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| An' it’s real, an' it’s real, one more time
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| An' my belly is craving, I’ve got a shakin' in my head
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| An' I’ve started heeding what my buddy said
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| «Stab yourself with the grains of cocaine
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| An' you’ll end dead or you’ll end up insane.»
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| An' it’s real, an' it’s real, one more time
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| An' my belly is craving, I got a shaking in my head
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| I feel like I’m dyin' an' I wish I were dead
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| If I live til tomorrow it’s gonna be a long time
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| For I’ll reel and I’ll fall and rise up on codine
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| An' it’s real, an' it’s real, one more time
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| An' it’s real, an' it’s real, one more time |