Up Spinner

I said, up's been a come a long way
Kept me drunk on many a day
All them boys are working for pay
I don't want to live that way

Up's been a come a long way
Kept me drunk on many a day
All them boys are working for pay
I don't want to live that way

L.A. street and the whip-up floor
Send 'em in like you send that whore
Roll my sleeves and tip my brains
Come on, heads, get warm tonight

Steal their shirts and the butlers' cue
Leave their women and their babies blue
Box to keep those coins all tight
Boys down here make lots of noise

Up's been a come a long way
Kept me drunk on many a day
All them boys are working for pay
I don't want to live that way

I've been north and I've been south
Held my rifle before hell's mouth
Paris, France, and Egypt too
Humming hard, but coming home to you

Up's been a come a long way
Kept me drunk on many a day
All them boys are working for pay
I don't want to live that way

I said, up's been a come a long way
Kept me drunk on many a day
All them boys are working for pay
I don't want to live that way

Up's been a come a long way
Kept me drunk on many a day
All them boys are working for pay
I don't want to live that way

Soldiers, pissettes, and khaki's too
Living on kings is what I do
Silver sings like a shipyard curse
Pile them coins and fill my purse

Up's been a come a long way
Kept me drunk on many a day
All them boys are working for pay
I don't want to live that way