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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Uncle Tupelo
Performer
J. Farrar
Guitar
J. Tweedy
Guitar
Brian Henneman
Guitar
M. Heidorn
Drums
Bill Holmes
Accordion
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jay Farrar
Composer
J. Tweedy
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Uncle Tupelo
Recording Engineer
Peter Buck
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I've been a moonshiner
For seventeen long years
And I've spent all my money
On whiskey and beer
[Verse 2]
And I go to some hollow
And set up my still
If whiskey don't kill me
Lord, I don't know what will
[Verse 3]
And I go to some bar room
To drink with my friends
Where the women, they can't follow
To see what I spend
[Verse 4]
God bless them pretty women
I wish they was mine
With breath as sweet as
The dew on the vine
[Verse 5]
Let me eat when I'm hungry
Let me drink when I'm dry
Two dollars when I'm hard up
Religion when I die
[Verse 6]
The whole world is a bottle
And life is but a dram
When the bottle gets empty
Lord, it sure ain't worth a damn
Written by: J. Farrar, J. Tweedy, Jay Stuart Farrar