deep dark water

alone and so lonesome

bored and so blue

i got the urge to ramble

so i took a drink or two. it tempted me to trifle

then my true heart went astray

so i wandered in dark water

and just threw my life away. i know that it was wrong

to fool around this way so long

someone was sawing on the limb

that i was sittin' on. i looked down and i found

i could drown in deep

dark water

so i cried when i realized

i couldn't swim. a fool and his money

calls for whiskey and for gin

filled to the gills and falling for

the weaknesses as a man. from one fool to another

wrong is never right

i ignored advice from mother

and brother look at me tonight. unsteady as i go

with deep dark water down below

they keep sawing louder on my limb

and soon i'll have to go. life's been small

hear my call

as i fall in deep

dark water

don't be a would-be king

and tumble from your throne.