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