Corpus Christi Bay

I worked the rigs from three to midnight On the Corpus Christi Bay We 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 We was always on the run An' we were bad for one another But we were good at having fun We got stoned along the seawall We got drunk and crashed a car We knew the girls at every dance hall We had a tab at every bar If I could live my life over It wouldn't matter anyway 'Cause I never could stay sober 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 We threw it all into the sea If I could live my life over It wouldn't matter anyway 'Cause I never could stay sober On the Corpus Christi Bay Now my brother lives in Houston He's married for the second time He's got a good job with the union And it's keeping him in line He came to see me just last weekend It was good to have him here He said he finally gave up drinking Then he ordered me a beer If I could live my life over It wouldn't matter anyway 'Cause I never could stay sober Corpus Christi Bay If I could live my life over It wouldn't matter anyway 'Cause I never could stay sober Corpus Christi Bay I never could stay sober Corpus Christi Bay I never could stay sober Corpus Christi Bay