Take a bottle, drink it down, pass it around Oh oh oh oh That what you fear the most Could meet you halfway She lived on the curve of the road In an old, tar-paper shack On the south side of the town On the wrong side of the tracks Sometimes on the way

Oh the night that Paddy Murphy died, is a night I'll never forget As long as a bottle was passed around every man was feelin' gay O'Leary came with the bagpipes, some music for to play Some of the boys got loaded drunk, and they ain't got sober yet;

Rattlesnake said to the copperhead Rattlesnake, Copperhead Either one of them'll kill you dead We stay hungry, they get fed And don't pass the plate around Lie by lie, cheat by cheat Venom in smiling teeth They just run those forked tongues And the whole

Well I woke up this mornin' it was drizzlin' rain Around the curve come a passenger train Heard somebody yodel and a hobo moan Jimmy he's dead he's been a long time gone Been a long time gone a long time gone If you wanna get to heaven gotta D-I-E you

All for the love of Growin' it up Cut it down Pass it around Everybody loves some Makes you happy Girls get horny When they use it

Don't wait for a miracle To tumble from the sky Or turn water into wine We are the miracles Or are you gonna finally grip the wheel? I think you know how To part the seas around you The world is passing by The walls, that will surround you Are only in

Yeah that’s how we do it round here. We find a little spot on the edge of town Twist off, sip a little, pass it around Temptation in my ear It’s a feeling alright, Saturday night And that’s how we do it round here. Dance in the dust turn the radio up And

It's a bring your own booze contribution We got beer and good old boys, good old girls Gettin' backwards in a backwoods world Sunday morning we'll have a get-right reunion Oh, but tonight it's on, pass the jar around Get so far gone we come unwound We

Just a mile outside of town All along the floodline The hills roll out like centuries Pass by without a sound Oh country down Where I found my proving ground Wheels are turning around Down river bound Where the lemon tea sky fell down

This heavy crown To everyone who said I'd never make it Oh Lord weren't you mistaken You can't always please the crowd But I am still not bowing down It comes and goes around And when it's time, I'll pass it proud But bitch I got it now I'm at the top