Black Strap Rum

Facedown drowing in the gutter Railroad hammer ringin' in my head The taste of blood on my tongue and dust in my lungs Aint got a nickle or a dime to my name Old man standing in the doorway Empty bottle kickin' at my feet Said brush yourself off son Don't mind that sinnin' you've done At the hand of that black strap rum He said it seems that you have gone And had yourself quite the evening You've gone and tied one on And now you've found yourself all turned around But tell me who's to say Whats upright anyway 'cause lord knows We've all been there before There was a dark haired girl across that barroom With heavy haze of smoke The lights were dim If you could only see how she was looking at me Well, you'd understand the state that i'm in She told me order up rum and sit to join me over some And one glass it quickly turned to three Before I knew we emptied bottle number two And she had gone and made a ruined man of me Yeah, she'd gone and made a ruined man of me She said it seems that you have gone And had yourself quite the evening You've gone and tied one on And now you've found yourself all turned around But tell me who's to say Whats upright anyway 'cause lord knows We've all been there before Well now i'm laid out from this rum Well at the mercy of the midday sun My pride battered and bruised 'Cause she laid me down to wrack and ruin Yeah, she laid me down to wrack and ruin Well now it seems that you have gone And had yourself quite the evening You've gone and tied one on And now you've found yourself all turned around But tell me who's to say Whats upright anyway 'cause lord knows We've all been there before Yeah, well lord knows we've all been there before.