[00:08.30]Living on bread and wine was easy
[00:11.99]for John and James and Mother Mary
[00:16.3]and I’m no saint and that’s my ball and chain
[00:23.74]Cause when I’m passed that silver chalice
[00:27.61]I always drink my fill until it
[00:31.45]knocks me down and tangles up my brain
[00:37.77]Yeah buddy, it’s a short life, it’s a hell of a life
[00:42.50]it’s a mean old world, when you’re kicked to the gutter
[00:46.60]and the firewater is the one thing to put out the flame
[00:58.64]Walking through the graveyards and sleeping in alleys
[01:02.48]telling myself the same old stories
[01:06.40]Drinking that blood and calling it holy wine
[01:13.95]Looking in windows and seeing a stranger
[01:17.92]going through hell like a fallen angel
[01:21.89]Feeling my bones getting old long before their time
[01:28.16]Yeah buddy, it’s a short life, it’s a hell of a life
[01:32.99]it’s a mean old world, when you’re kicked to the gutter
[01:36.88]and the firewater gotcha talking in circles again
[01:44.69]It’s an empty bottle passing around
[01:48.35]when your hopes and dreams have all burned down
[01:52.42]And the firewater is the one thing to put out the flame
[01:59.63]Take me home, take me home
[02:08.23]Gather me up in your arms Lord have mercy divine
[02:30.48]So take me home, take me home
[02:38.14]Take me home, take me home
[02:46.29]Cause it’s a short life, it’s a hell of a life
[02:50.36]it’s a mean old world when you're kicked to the gutter
[02:54.26]and the firewater is the one thing to put out the flame
[03:00.37]Yeah, the firewater is the one thing to put out the flame.