Co'dine

In my belly is a-cravin', I got a shakin' in my head I feel like I'm dying, and I wish I was dead If I live 'til tomorrow, that'll be a long time But I'll reel, and I'll fall, and I'll rise on codeine And it's real, babe, and it's real, one more time Well, when I was a young man, I learned not to care All the whiskey, and cocaine I often did swear My mother and father said whiskey's a curse But the fate of their baby was many times worse And it's real, babe, and it's real, one more time Stay away from the cities, stay away from the towns Stay away from that man pushin' codeine around My one satisfaction, but it comes when I think That I'm livin' my life without bendin' to drink And it's real, babe, and it's real, one more time And my belly is cravin', I got a shakin' in my head I feel like I'm dying, and I wish I was dead If I live 'til tomorrow, that'll be a long time But I'll reel, and I'll fall, and I'll rise on co'dine I'll reel and I'll fall, and I'll rise on co'dine And it's real, babe, and it's real, one more time