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