(G. Liszt)
Been a moonshiner since the day I was born
I drunk up all my money and
I stilled up all my corn
Been a moonshiner and Im numb to pain
If you could have been me
Youd have done the same
Came into the world rugged at the get go
A deep dark hole got dug out of the meadow
Looking back its just a blanket of gray
I lived all the trouble then I drank it away
Ive seen so many good people laid in the shade
Ive been around
Ive seen many a good maiden betrayed
Look into that cup its a crying shame
Better to live high than to die in pain
Been a moonshiner since the day I was born
I drunk up all my money
I stilled up my corn
If I had them Id fly away with a couple I wings
But I just have my way with the trouble it brings
Time and again her papa just told her no
Time and again I see her now
Getting older slow
We never did to come to pa**
Theres still fun
But I cant get fun to last
Come on moonshiners, stand in a row
I see you looking abandoned and low
Theres a lot that could have been
That you couldnt be true to
Its a bad feeling I know it better than you do
Too many old biscuits and leftover flapjacks
And under my bed
Too many little satchels and backpacks
Loved the girls since I came to life
My testament I blessed them in the name of Christ
So be mine babe, you get a cart and bull
Billy goat gruff and liquor by the carton-full
Be mine
You get a diamond ring
Live in an oak tree all the time and sing
But Ive been a moonshiner since the day I was born
I drunk up all my money and
I stilled up all of my corn
Tell me to quit it and every day Ill try
But Ill be a moonshiner till the day I die