Well I've been a moonshiner for 17 long years Spending my money on whiskey and beer And if whiskey don't kill me Then I don't know what will I got cornbread when I'm hungry Corn whiskey when I'm dry I got beanbags when I'm hard up Religion when I die And if whiskey don't kill me Then I don't know what will If that river was whiskey And I was a duck I'd swim to the bottom And drink my way up And if whiskey don't kill me Then I don't know what will