if tha blooz don't kill me, i know that whiskey will
said if tha blooz don't kill me, i know that whiskey will
if that whiskey don't do me, that red haired woman will

i got a red haired woman, treats me awful mean
i got a red haired woman, treats me awful mean
but that red haired woman's the prettiest gal I ever seen

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i got all kinds of money, sometimes don't know what to do 
i got all kinds of money, yeah, sometimes i just don't know what to do 
i got all kinds of money, and i got all kinds of problems too

if tha blooz don't kill me, i know that whiskey will
said if tha blooz don't kill me, i know that whiskey will
and if that whiskey don't do me, that red haired woman will

well I went out last Wednesday, ramblin' around the town
said I went out last Wednesday, aramblin' around the town
I'm still just gettin' started as the Tuesday sun go down

I went North and South, looked to the East and the West
I traveled North and then South, traveled to the East and to the West
I'm lookin' for that red haired woman, the gal I love the best

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well my wife done left me, children don't say my name
i said my poor wife done left me, lost children don't say my name
that old hound dog still barkin', I guess he must feel the same

they used to say, Joe Eddie, why you goin' downtown
they'd say, now daddy, why you gotta go downtown?
the only answer i could give 'em, 's I'm lookin' through the lost and found

well if tha blooz don't kill me, i know that whiskey will
said if them blooz don't kill me, i know that whiskey will
and if that white lightnin' don't do me, you know that red haired woman will