Corpus Christi Bay

[Verse 1] 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Verse 3] I lived in Corpus with my brother We was always on the run We were bad for one another But we were good at having fun [Verse 4] 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 [Chorus] If I could live my life all over It wouldn't matter anyway I never could stay sober Down on that Corpus Christi Bay [Verse 5] 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 [Verse 6] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Verse 7] Now my brother lives in Houston Married for the second time Got a job with the union It's keeping him in line [Verse 8] 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 [Chorus] If I could live my life all over It wouldn't matter anyway Well I never could stay sober Down on that Corpus Christi Bay [Outro] If I could live my life all over It wouldn't matter anyway I never could stay sober