Donovan — Codine

From the album best of donovan An' my belly's craving, I got a shakin' in my head I feel like I'm dyin' an' I wish I were dead If I live til tomorrow, it's gonna be a long time For I'll reel and I'll fall and rise on codine An' it's real, an' it's real, one more time When I was a young man I learned not to care About whiskey and from it, I often did swear My mother and father said whiskey is a curse But the fate of their baby is many times worse An' it's real, an' it's real, one more time You'll forget you're woman, you'll forget about men Try it just once, an' you'll try it again And sometimes you wonder and an' sometimes you think That I'm living my life without bending to drink An' it's real, an' it's real, one more time Stay away from the cities, stay away from the towns Stay away from the men pushin' the codeine around Stay away from the stores where the remedy is found Or you'll live off your days as a slave to codine An' it's real, an' it's real, one more time An' my belly is craving, I've got a shakin' in my head An' I've started heeding what my buddy said "Stab yourself with the grains of cocaine An' you'll end dead or you'll end up insane." An' it's real, an' it's real, one more time An' my belly is craving, I got a shaking in my head I feel like I'm dyin' an' I wish I were dead If I live til tomorrow it's gonna be a long time For I'll reel and I'll fall and rise up on codine An' it's real, an' it's real, one more time An' it's real, an' it's real, one more time