Drink Deep

I'm gonna
Drink deep from the chalice of life
Taste the holy water, as it burns my eyes
Cause it's a poor man, who wasted his time
He didn't even know it till the day that he died
I'm gonna drink deep from the chalice of life,
Cause I've seen the last looks in the dead mans eye...
I'm gonna live well, go down with a smile
A gun in my hand a story to tell
I'm gonna drink deep

I was just a boy when I learned my first
Lesson on the ways of the world
I was 16, Andy was 13, our mother was taken for good
I think I did my time being angry
Asking why thinking somebody could hear me
So if you can still hug your mother you should

Oh must we learn the hard way, always, my friends
I'll never make the same mistakes, again

I'm gonna
Drink deep from the chalice of life
Taste the holy water, as it burns my eyes
Cause it's a poor man, who wasted his time
He didn't even know it till the day that he died
I'm gonna drink deep from the chalice of life,
Cause I've seen the last looks in the dead mans eye...
I'm gonna live well, go down with a smile
A gun in my hand a story to tell
I'm gonna drink deep

A couple years later I was on the road, with a traveling band of wondering souls
Searching for the music and the glory
My brother Jim always told me
He couldn't imagine doin anything else
But singing his heart out, to these beautiful crowds
He sang his songs till the day he died
And I never saw a moment of regret in his eyes

Oh must we learn the hard way, always, my friends
I will live like you did, till the end

I'm gonna
Drink deep from the chalice of life
Taste the holy water, as it burns my eyes
Cause it's a poor man, who wasted his time
He didn't even know it till the day that he died
I'm gonna drink deep from the chalice of life,
Cause I've seen the last looks in the dead mans eye...
I'm gonna live well, go down with a smile
A gun in my hand a story to tell
I'm gonna drink deep

Oh must we learn the hard way, always, my friends
I will live like Jim did, till the end