liquor store

take me down to the liquor store now, i need my poison close at hand, take me down to the liquor store now, the devil's dealt me an idle hand, i was born on a train on the fourth of july, bout the time that my dad died in nam, wasn't given a chance or even a name, spent a night in my sweet mama's arms, then she gave me away to a railyard bum, who drank bourbon and walked with a limp, been a riding these rails since i drew my first breath, guess to die here would only seem fit, so won't ya please now, take me down to the liquor store now, i need my poison close at hand, take me down to the liquor store now, the devil's dealt me an idle hand, i put thirty-two grand on a horse named believe, and the jockey fell off of it's back, now i'm really in deep with the shark this time, he'll kill me for cuttin me slack, and my wife and my son are all i think about, and the pain is just too much to bear, so i'm searching for grace in the bottle tonight, ever fearful of what's drawing near, so mister please now, take me down to the liquor store now, i need my poison close at hand, take me down to the liquor store now, the devil's dealt me an idle hand, daddy hit her too hard on the days he was drunk, and quite often he'd touch her all wrong, so she grew up without a clue in the world, just about what love really was, now you'll find her up town selling pleasure for cash, to only the worst kind of men, there's a hole in her soul that she fills with a drink, and tonight she'll cry out again, won't you please now, take me down to the liquor store now, i need my poison close at hand, take me down to the liquor store now, the devil's dealt me an idle hand, take me down to the liquor store now, i need my poison close at hand, take me down to the liquor store now, the devil's dealt me an idle hand