Rye Whiskey / Time to Switch to Whiskey

"Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey", I cried

If I don't get rye whiskey, well, I think I may die

I'm gonna go up yon holler, I'm gonna build me a still

And I'll sell you a gallon for a five dollar bill

Well, if the oceans was whiskey and I was a duck

I'd swim to the bottoms and never come up

But the oceans ain't whiskey and I ain't no duck

So I'll play the Jack of diamonds and trust to my luck

Jack of diamonds, Jack of diamonds, know you'll hold

You dropped my poor pockets of silver and gold

Well, it's beefsteak when I'm hungry, rye whiskey when I'm dry

And greenbacks when I'm hard up in Heaven when I die

"Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey", I cried

If I don't get rye whiskey, well, I think I may die

Well, my horses ain't hungry and they don't want your hay

So fair thee well, darling, and I'll be on my way

Here's to it folks

Well, I like a full bodied lager as much as the next hard workin' man

And the taste of suds, while dealing stud, I can surely understand

Trucker speed and, yes, indeed it's nearly gettin' light

It's time to switch to whiskey, we've been drinkin' beer all night

Smoke your glass and fish for bass and burn that purple gas

Sure enough, 'cause the powerful stuff that'll knock you on your ass

It's like diesel fuel, nobody's fool is gonna wanna get left behind

It's time to switch to whiskey, we've been drinkin' beer all night

Well, it's time to switch to whiskey, we've been drinkin' beer all night

We're all half dead and them that's left are spoilin' for a fight

Who'd 'a thunk, we'd get jackass drunk, the boys won't spare the rye

And it's time to switch to whiskey, we've been drinkin' beer all night

I've been splittin' eights and hittin' my straights

In the cardrooms of the world

Chasin' skirt and gettin' hurt but now I got a card playin' girl

But man she gets excited when the deal don't come out right

It's time to switch to whiskey, she's been drinkin' beer all night

Well, it's time to switch to whiskey, we've been drinkin' beer all night

We're all half dead and them that's left are spoilin' for a fight

Who'd 'a thunk, we'd get jackass drunk, the boys won't spare the rye

And it's time to switch to whiskey, we've been drinkin' beer all night

Okay, alright

Well, I've heard it said that you can get some heat in Irish pubs

Servin' Jamesons to an Orangeman and Bushmills to his cuz

Here's what you do with Tullamore Dew

You can meet 'em both halfway

It's time to switch to whiskey, they've been drinkin' beer all day

Well, it's time to switch to whiskey, we've been drinkin' beer all night

We're all half dead and them that's left are spoilin' for a fight

Who'd 'a thunk, we'd get jackass drunk, the boys won't spare the rye

And it's time to switch to whiskey, we've been drinkin' beer all night

And it's time to switch to whiskey, we've been drinkin' beer all night

"Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey", I cried