[Verse 1]
An ache in my stomach got created in my head
I feel like I'm dyin' and I wish I were dead
If my will comes tomorrow it will be a long time
And I'll rise, and I'll fall, and I'll die on Codine

[Refrain]
And it's real, and it's real
One more time

[Verse 2]
When I was a young boy, I learned not to care
From whiskey and frolic I often did swear
My mother and father said whiskey's cursed
But the fate of their babe was a million times worse

[Refrain]
And it's real, and it's real
One more time

[Verse 3]
Stay away from the city, stay away from the town
Stay away from the men pushing Codine around
Stay away from the stores where the remedies you will find
For better your pain than be caught on Codine
[Refrain]
And it's real, and it's real
One more time