Rye Whiskey — текст песни (Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds)

Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds, I know you most of all
You`ve robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold
And Whiskey, you villain, you`ve been my down-fall
You`ve cuffed and you`ve kicked me but I loved you of old


Oh Whiskey, Rye Whiskey, Whiskey I cried
If I don`t get rye Whiskey I surely will die


Well I go yonder mountain and build me a still
And I send you a gallon for a five dollar bill
Well it`s beefcake when I`m hungry, Whiskey when I`m dry
And it`s greenbacks when I`m hard off and hell when I die


If the sea were made of Whiskey and I was a duck
I`d swim to the bottom and never come up
Oh, but the sea ain`t made of Whiskey and I ain`t a duck
So I play Jack Of Diamonds and trust on my luck