My belly is craving, I got a shaking in my head I feel like I'm dying and I wish I was dead If I live tomorrow that'll be a long time I'll reel and I'll fall and rise on codine And it's real, Lord, it's real, one more time Stay away from the poolhalls and the taverns in town Stay away from the man pushing codine around Stay away from the stores where the remedy's a find Much better in pain, than caught on codine You'll forget your a woman, you'll forget about men Try it just once, and you'll try it again You'll forget about life, you'll forget about time And live all your days a slave to codine And it's real, Lord, it's real, one more time And it's real, Lord, it's real, one more time And stumble and fall, and rise on codine