They don't try and see
how the world might seem to me,
Or even take the time of day to make enquiries,
Don't ever ask me why
there's no sun up in my sky,
From the first drop past my lips
until I've drunk the whole thing dry.
Well, they talk about my drinking,
But they don't talk about my thirst.
Well, they talk about my drinking,
But they don't talk about my thirst.
Well, it's like that egg and chicken:
I couldn't tell ya which came first.
Well, you talk about my drinking,
But you don't talk about my thirst.
Well, you talk about my drinking,
But you don't mention I got a thirst.
And lately, I been thinking,
I couldn't tell ya which is worse.
Well, they don't try and see
how the world might seem to me,
Or even take the time of day to make enquiries,
Don't ever ask me why
there's no sun up in my sky,
From the first drop past my lips
until I've drunk the whole thing dry.
Well, you talk about my drinking,
But you don't say I got a thirst.
Well, you talk about my drinking,
But you don't mention I got a thirst.
Well lately my friends been hinting:
They say that my life has been cursed.
Oo wah, oo wah, oo.
Oo wah, oo wah, oo.
Oo wah, oo.
Well, they don't try and see
how the world might seem to me,
Or even take the time of day to make enquiries,
Don't ever ask me why
there's no sun up in my sky,
From the first drop past my lips
until I've drunk the whole thing dry.
Well, I told ya I been drinking,
But did I tell ya I got a thirst?
Well, I told ya I been drinking,
But don't know if I mentioned that I had a thirst.
Well, lately my friends been hinting:
They say that my life has been cursed.

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