My belly is cravin', I got a shakin' in my head

And I feel like I'm dying, and I wish I was dead

If I live till tomorrow, it'll be a long time

And I'll reel and I'll fall and I'll rise on cod'ine (And it's real)

And it's real, one more time (One more time)

When I was a young boy, I learned not to care

About whiskey, and from it, I often did, often did swear

My mother and my father said that whiskey, whiskey's a curse

But the fate of their baby boy was many times worse (And it's real)

And it's real, one more time (One more time)

Stay away from the cities, boy, stay away from the towns

(Stay away from the cities, boy, stay away from the towns)

Stay away from the man pushin' that codeine around

Stay away from the stores and the remedy is fine

For it's better your pain than be caught on cod'ine (And it's real)

And it's real, one more time (One more time)

You'll forget about your woman, you'll forget about your man

And if you try it just once, trust me, darling, you'll try it again

You'll forget about your life, you'll forget about, forget about time

Live the rest of your days as a slave, a slave to cod'ine (And it's real)

And it's real, one more time

But, if I die tomorrow, there's still one thing I've done

I heeded the warning that I got when I was young

My one satisfaction, it comes when I think

That I'm livin' my life, and I ain't bending, I ain't bending to no drink (And it's real)

And it's real, one more time (One more time)

And my belly is cravin', I got a shakin' in my head

And I feel like I'm dying, I wish I was dead

If I live till tomorrow, it'll be a long time

Or I'll reel and I'll fall and I'll die on cod'ine (And it's real)

And it's real, one more time (Real)

One more, one more, one more time (Real)

One more, yeah, one more time

And it's real one more time

One more