Bodang Buck

When I left east in '83

For the land of opportunity

In my prime, feeling fine

Just fresh out of university

Twenty-one and got myself a degree

Set my mind on a silver mine

Kicked off my city shoes

Picked up a backwood juice

They call Bodang Buck, Bodang Buck

Struck it rich in the mining town

I had friends a couple miles around

What it seemed, a prospector's dream

Then my luck kind of seemed ran out

Oh my friends, they couldn't help me out

Sure felt strange, knowing you and me

So I took to drinking liquor

Nothing kills a good man quicker

Than Bodang Buck, Bodang Buck, oh

Everybody in the mining town

Turn away when I come around

I'm not your man or a dollar in my hand

And you act gentle when I can't see

You don't like to see a man in need

Don't wanna steal but I need a meal

Thank you, sir, you're mighty kind

What's your name? And I'll tell you mine

They call me Bodang Buck, Bodang Buck, Bodang Buck

Oh I said Bodang Buck, I said I'm Bodang Buck