Advisory - the following lyrics contain explicit language:
Living on bread and wine was easy
for John and James and Mother Mary
and I'm no saint and that's my ball and chainCause when I'm passed that silver challis
I always drink my fill until it
knocks me down and tangles up my brainYeah buddy, it's a short life, it's a hell of a life
it's a mean old world, when you're kicked to the gutter
and the firewater is the one thing to put out the flameWalking through the graveyards and sleeping in alleys
telling myself the same old stories
Drinking that blood and calling it holy wineLooking in windows and seeing a stranger
going through hell like a fallen angel
Feeling my bones getting old long before their timeYeah buddy, it's a short life, it's a hell of a life
it's a mean old world, when you're kicked to the gutter
and the firewater gotcha talking in circles againIt's an empty bottle passing around
when your hopes and dreams have all burned down
And the firewater is the one thing to put out the flameTake me home, take me home
Gather me up in your arms Lord have mercy divineSo take me home, take me home
Take me home, take me homeCause it's a short life, it's a hell of a life,
it's a mean old world when your kicked to the gutter
and the firewater is the one thing to put out the flame
Yeah, the firewater is the one thing to put out the flame