Firewater Lyrics - Remedy - Old Crow Medicine Show

Living on bread and wine was easy 

for John and James and Mother Mary 

and I'm no saint and that's my ball and chain 

Cause when I'm passed that silver challis 

I always drink my fill until it 

knocks me down and tangles up my brain 

Yeah buddy, it's a short life, it's a hell of a life 

it's a mean old world, when you're kicked to the gutter 

and the firewater is the one thing to put out the flame 

Walking through the graveyards and sleeping in alleys 

telling myself the same old stories 

Drinking that blood and calling it holy wine 

Looking in windows and seeing a stranger 

going through hell like a fallen angel 

Feeling my bones getting old long before their time 

Yeah buddy, it's a short life, it's a hell of a life 

it's a mean old world, when you're kicked to the gutter 

and the firewater gotcha talking in circles again 

It's an empty bottle passing around 

when your hopes and dreams have all burned down 

And the firewater is the one thing to put out the flame 

Take me home, take me home 

Gather me up in your arms Lord have mercy divine 

So take me home, take me home 

Take me home, take me home 

Cause it's a short life, it's a hell of a life, 

it's a mean old world when your kicked to the gutter 

and the firewater is the one thing to put out the flame 

Yeah, the firewater is the one thing to put out the flame