The 15th of October

It's the fifteenth of October, boys It's time to get sober, boys Been mashin' in these woods all summer long Makin' straight corn alcohol From early June to early fall Got bills to pay, cold weather's comin' on Five hundred gallons Of what this season made Plus the little bit that we keep for ourselves Gotta turn it into greenback cash Before the Sherriff finds our stash And trust me, boys, he's always on our trail It's the fifteenth of October, boys It's time to get sober, boys Been mashin' in these woods all summer long Makin' straight corn alcohol From early June to early fall Got bills to pay, cold weather's comin' on Fifty Thousand Dollars And we can winter well As long as we don't make no big mistakes '51 Ford Pickup Truck Is waitin' to be loaded up Moonlight mountain rendez vouz awaits We make our hay and when the moon is shining Don't care to tangle with the light of day We ain't bringing harm to anybody Just wish the law would see it that way It's the fifteenth of October, boys It's time to get sober, boys Been mashin' in these woods all summer long Makin' straight corn alcohol From early June to early fall Got bills to pay, cold weather's comin' on It's the fifteenth of October, boys It's time to get sober, boys Been mashin' in these woods all summer long Makin' straight corn alcohol From early June to early fall Got bills to pay, cold weather's comin' on