Whiskey Basin Blues

On a snow covered night

Up in eastern Wyoming

Another lazy day

Lookin for the sunIn a draughty old cabin

Outside a whiskey basin

Another shining light

And a good man on the runTheres a lady back in Laramie

And her reason no one else can see

For him to spend

The winter on his ownNothing much for him to do tomorrow

Just a matter of survival

Another friendly fight

In a life chocked full of funIts a special kind of medicine

And all that you can do is win

Though it tastes so sweet

You can refusePut your heart on the table

Fill your fountain with moonshine

Another empty case of

The Whiskey Basin blues