Corpus Christi Bay Lyrics - Robert Earl Keen

I worked the rigs from three to midnight 

On the Corpus Christi Bay 

I'd get off and drink till daylight 

Sleep the morning away 

I had a plan to take my wages 

Leave the rigs behind for good 

But that life it is contagious 

And it gets down in your blood 

I lived in Corpus with my brother 

We were always on the run 

We were bad for one another 

But we were good at having fun 

We got stoned along the seawall 

We got drunk and rolled a car 

We knew the girls at every dance hall 

Had a tab at every bar 

If I could live my life all over 

It wouldn't matter anyway 

'Cause I never could stay sober 

On the Corpus Christi Bay 

My brother had a wife and family 

You know, he gave them a good home 

But his wife thought we were crazy 

And one day we found her gone 

We threw her clothes into the car trunk 

Her photographs, her rosary 

We went to the pier and got drunk 

And threw it all into the sea 

Now my brother lives in Houston 

He married for the second time 

He got a job with the union 

And it's keeping him in line 

He came to Corpus just this weekend 

It was good to see him here 

He said he finally gave up drinking 

Then he ordered me a beer 

Now my brother lives in Houston 

He married for the second time 

He got a job with the union 

And it's keeping him in line 

He came to Corpus just this weekend 

It was good to see him here 

He said he finally gave up drinking 

Then he ordered me a beer 

Now my brother lives in Houston 

He married for the second time 

He got a job with the union 

And it's keeping him in line 

He came to Corpus just this weekend 

It was good to see him here 

He said he finally gave up drinking 

Then he ordered me a beer