Alone and so lonesome bored and so blue   I got the urge to ramble so I took a drink or two   It tempted me to trifle then my true heart went astray   So I wandered in dark water and just threw my life away   I know that it was wrong to fool around this way so long   Someone was sawing on the limb that I was sittin' on   I looked down and I found I could drown in deep dark water   So I cried when I realized I couldn't swim   A fool and his money calls for whiskey and for gin   Filled to the gills and falling for the weaknesses as a man   From one fool to another wrong is never right   I ignored advice from mother and brother look at me tonight   Unsteady as I go with deep dark water down below   They keep sawing louder on my limb and soon I'll have to go    Life's been small hear my call as I fall in deep dark water   Don't be a would-be king and tumble from your throne