Nick Cave - Rye Whiskey lyrics

Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds, I know you most of all You've robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold And whiskey, you villain, you've been my down fall You've cuffed and you've kicked me but I loved you of old Oh, whiskey, rye whiskey, whiskey, I cried If I don't get rye whiskey I surely will die Well, I go yonder mountain and build me a still And I send you a gallon for a five dollar bill Well, it's beefcake when I'm hungry, whiskey when I'm dry And it's greenbacks when I'm hard off and hell when I die I said, "Whiskey, rye whiskey, whiskey", I cried "If I don't get rye whiskey I surely will die" If the sea were made of Whiskey and I was a duck I'd swim to the bottom and never come up Oh, but the sea ain't made of Whiskey and I ain't a duck So I'll play Jack of Diamonds and trust on my luck I said, "Whiskey, rye whiskey, whiskey", I cried "If I don't get rye whiskey I surely will die" I said, "Whiskey, rye whiskey, whiskey", I cried "If I don't get rye whiskey I surely will die" Ohh, if I don't get rye whiskey I surely will die