Oh achin' in my belly, and a shakin' in my head
I feel like I'm dyin', and I wish I were dead
If I lived till tomorrow, it's gonna be a long, long time
For I'll reel and I'll fall and I'll rise on co'dine
And it's real, and it's real, and it's real, one more time
Well, when I was a young man, I learned not to care
Well whiskey in front of me I often did swear
My mother and father said, son whiskey is a curse
Oh, but the fate of their baby, is many a times worse
And it's real, and it's real, and it's real, one more time
You'll forget about your woman, you'll forget about the man
Try it just once and you'll try it again
And sometimes you wonder, and its sometimes you think
That I'm living my life (without bending)? to drink
And it's real, and it's real, and it's real, one more time
Stay away from the cities, stay away from the towns
Stay away from the men pushin' the co'dine around
Stay away from the stores where the remedy is found
And I'll live a few days, as a slave to co'dine
And it's real, and it's real, and it's real, one more time
And my belly is a achin', I got a cravin' in my head
And I've started my heeding, oh over what my buddy said
"Stab yourself with the grains of cocaine
And you'll end dead or you'll end up insane."
And it's real, and it's real, and it's real, one more time
And my belly is a achin', I got a shakin' in my head
I feel like I'm dyin' and I wish I were dead
If I live til tomorrow it's gonna be a long, long time
For I'll reel and I'll fall and rise up on codine
And it's real, and it's real, and it's real, one more time
And it's real, and it's real, and it's real, one more time