If I had the money, I’d buy a bucket of gin
If I had the heavy sugar, I’d buy a bathtub fulla of gin
‘Stead I’m sitting sipping soda
Oh what a fix I’m in
I can’t afford a reefer, can’t buy no rum or rye
Got no cigarette money,
Cocaine is too much to buy
Wish I could have the heebie-jeebies
But it costs too much to get high
I’m too broke to be a sinner
I can barely buy my dinner
But I’d gamble all my dough if I could
I can’t afford to be a floozy
Too broke to buy the booze
Can’t cry in a beer like I should
If I had a roll of nickels - I’d be up to no good
If I had some pocket money
I’d drink from breakfast to bed
I’d spend it like a sailor- ‘Til I was out of my head
If my pockets weren’t so empty
I’d probably wind up pretty dead
credits
from Heavy Sugar,
released July 15, 2011
Lyrics by Christie Mellor
Music by Doug Freeman
Christie Mellor - vocals
Doug Freeman - guitar, vocals
Peter Hastings - bass
Henry Spurgeon - accordion
John Allen - clarinet
Max Kaplan - baritone sax
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