Woodbox Gang - Bad Veins

band : woodbox gang
album : drunk as dragons

bad veins

verse 1
Gm A# Gm
i don’t have matching socks
Gm A# Gm
i don’t have a door that locks
Gm A#
i live in cardboard bo
xgm A#
sell a pint of blood for fifteen bucks
Gm A# Gm
that’s how a bum like me can get a drink

when the monsoon season came i escaped the rain
i hitched a ride on a railroad train
well i went into that illinois blood bank
doctor said , son you’ve got bad veins
now , how’s a bum like me gonna get a drink?

it’s like a brain surgeon who’s gone insane
a one eyed assassin with bad aim
how in the hell is a bum like me supposed to get a drink
when the doctor says , son you’ve got bad veins

chorus
Gm A#
you’ve got bad veins ( you’ve got bad veins )

verse 2
well i know my old veins may not be the best
you can slit my wrist over a bucket leave me the excess
i don’t care if you stick a sump pump right through my chest
give me the money i’ll clean up the mess
and then a bum like me can get a drink

it’s like a porn queen dying of aids
a romeo telling juliet he’s gay
how in the hell is a bum like me supposed to get a drink
when the doctor says , son you’ve got bad veins

verse 3
now i’m broke and sober and i feel the pain
of all the blood returning to my brain
my blood alcohol content is normal again
good blood flowing through bad veins
but how’s a bum like me gonna get a drink

it’s like all of jesus’ disciples cursing his name
all except for judas who holds his head in shame
how in the hell is a bum like me supposed to get a drink
when the doctor says , son you’ve got bad veins