Fifth of Whiskey

Redneck honey jiggled the bait
I took the worm and man I ate
Killed my number out at the farm
Then they sent me back with more ink than arm

Hand stuck deep in a bucket of chum
Gumbo hot in a bayou sun
Half a yard a week pulling craw from the mud
My eyes are blue but not my blood

A fifth of whiskey and a bowie knife
A fifth of whiskey and a bowie knife
A fifth of whiskey and a bowie knife
Just enough liquor to cut it up nice

There's something singing inside my brain
Sweet the yeast so I'm feeding it grain
Copper coiling down my spine
And the venom burns and venom's mine

Under the swamp the french did rot
Wine for the cypress then hacked into table tops
Holding meals for the bellies of the free
Drilling holes in the gulf and snorting rails through a fifty

A fifth of whiskey and a bowie knife
A fifth of whiskey and a bowie knife
A fifth of whiskey and a bowie knife
Just enough liquor to cut it up nice

Past the meadow where the white tail rut
Behind the walls of a tin wall hut
Honey girl's cooking red devil lye
And I want my slice of american pie

Voodoo man rolls up in a coupe de ville
Nothing but a punk and a detroit grill
Grackles crackle their chalkboard song
I'm feeling good ya I'm feeling strong

A fifth of whiskey and a bowie knife
A fifth of whiskey and a bowie knife
A fifth of whiskey and a bowie knife
Just enough liquor to cut it up nice

Gut the buck and hang the rack
Spark a rock and your eyes go soot black
Stick the poor boys in the sand
Bring 'em back in a box and cue the band
I shove it all in a gunny sack
Into the trunk of my brand new cadillac
Only six hours to space city
They're hungry there and the girls are pretty
A fifth of whiskey and a bowie knife
A fifth of whiskey and a bowie knife
A fifth of whiskey and a bowie knife
Just enough liquor to cut it up nice.