Cod'ine

Album: It's My Way! (1964)
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  • And my belly is craving
    I got a shakin' in my head
    Feel like I'm dyin' and I wish I was dead

    If I lived till tomorrow that'll be a long time
    But I'll reel and I'll fall and rise on cod'ine
    And it's real, and it's real, one more time

    Well, when I was a young girl I learned not to care
    About whiskey and from it I often did swear

    My mother and father said whiskey is a curse
    But the fate of their baby is a many times worse
    And it's real, and it's real, one more time

    Stay away from the cities, stay away from the towns
    Stay away from the men pushin' the cod'ine around

    Stay away from the stores where the remedy is fine
    For better your pain than be caught on cod'ine
    And it's real, and it's real, one more time

    You'll forget you're a woman, you'll forget about men
    Try it just once, and you'll try it again

    You'll forget about life, you'll forget about time
    And you'll live off your days as a slave to cod'ine
    And it's real, and it's real, one more time

    But if I die tomorrow, still one thing I've done
    I'd heeded the warning that I got when I was young

    My one satisfaction it comes when I think
    That I'm living my life without bendin' to drink
    And it's real, and it's real, one more time

    And my belly is craving, I got a shaking in my head
    I feel like I'm dyin' and I wish I was dead

    If I live till tomorrow that'll be a long time
    For I'll reel and I'll fall and I'll die on cod'ine
    And it's real, and it's real, one more time Writer/s: Buffy Sainte-Marie
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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