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

Feel like I'm dyin' and I wish I was dead

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

But 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

Well, when I was a young girl, I learned not to care

Off whiskey and frolic, 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, and it's real one more time

Stay away from the cities, stay away from the towers

Stay away from the man pushin' the codeine around

Stay away from the stores where the remedy is fine

For better your pain, than be caught on cod'ine

And it's real, and it's real one more time

You'll forget you're a woman, you'll forget about man

Try it just once and you'll try it again

You'll forgot about life, you'll forgot about time

And you'll live off your days as a slave to cod'ine

And it's real, and it's real one more time

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

I've heeded the warnin' that I got when I was young

My one satisfaction, it comes when I think

That I'm livin' my life without bendin' to drink

And it's real, and it's real one more time

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

Oh, it feel like I'm dyin' and I wish I was dead

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

But 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