Story Behind The Song
old traditional
| Song Length |
4:31 |
Genre |
Country - Americana, Country - Traditional |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Troubled, Cheerless |
Subject |
Addiction, Alchohol, Beer, Wine |
| Similar Artists |
Ryan Adams, Lucinda Williams |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
I am a moonshiner
for seventeen long years
and I spend all my money
on whiskey and beer
and I go to some hollow
and set my still
if whiskey don't kill me
lord I don't know what will
Well I go to some barroom
to drink with my friends
where the women won't follow
to see what I spend
God bless them, pretty women
I wish they was mine
with breath as sweet as
the dew on the vine
let me eat when I am hungry
let me drink when I'm dry
two dollars when I am hard up
and religion when I die
the whole world is a bottle
and life is but a dram
and when the bottle, it gets empty
life ain't worth a damn