corpus christi bay

i worked the rigs from three 'til midnight

on the corpus christi bay

i'd get off and drink 'til 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

who's always on the run

we're 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 in every dance hall

had a tab in every bar

if i could live my life all over

it wouldn't matter anyway

i never could stay sober

down on that corpus christi bay

my brother had a wife and family

you know he gave 'em both a 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

went down to the pier and got drunk

threw it all into the sea

if i could live my life all over

it wouldn't matter anyway

'cause i never could stay sober

down on that corpus christi bay

now my brother lives in houston

married for the second time

got a job with the union

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

he ordered me a beer

if i could live my life all over

it wouldn't matter anyway

but i never could stay sober

down on that corpus christi bay

if i could live my life all over

it wouldn't matter anyway

i never could stay sober