"Rye Whiskey" lyrics - NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS
NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS
"Rye Whiskey"
Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds, I know you most of all
You've robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold
And Whiskey, you villain, you've been my down-fall
You've cuffed and you've kicked me but I loved you of old
Oh Whiskey, Rye Whiskey, Whiskey I cried
If I don't get rye Whiskey I surely will die
Well I go yonder mountain and build me a still
And I send you a gallon for a five dollar bill
Well it's beefcake when I'm hungry, Whiskey when I'm dry
And it's greenbacks when I'm hard off and hell when I die
If the sea were made of Whiskey and I was a duck
I'd swim to the bottom and never come up
Oh, but the sea ain't made of Whiskey and I ain't a duck
So I play Jack Of Diamonds and trust on my luck
Songs For A November Night (2002)
- (I'll Love You) Till The End Of The World
- Faraway So Close
- Cassiel's Song
- Dread The Passage Of Jesus
- The Ballad Of Robert Moore And Betty Coltrane
- The Willow Garden
- Blue Bird
- The Train Song
- What A Wonderful World
- Rainy Night In Soho
- Sail Away
- The Big Hurt
- King Kong Kitchee Kitchee
- Knoxville Girl
- Rye Whiskey
- What Can I Give You
- That's What Jazz Is To Me
- There Is A Light
- Bedazzled