Corpus Christi Bay
Robert Earl Keen

CAPO 3rd Fret

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I worked the rigs from three till midnight on the Corpus Christi Bay
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I'd get off and drink till daylight - sleep the morning away
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I had a plan to take my wages - Leave the rigs behind for good
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But that life it is contagious and it gets down in your blood
 
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I lived in Corpus with my brother - We were always on the run
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We were bad for one another, but we were good at having fun
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We got stoned along the seawall - We got drunk and rolled a car
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We knew the girls at every dancehall - Had a tab at every bar
 
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If I could live my life all over, it wouldn't matter anyway
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'Cause I never could stay sober on the Corpus Christi Bay
 
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My brother had a wife and family - You know he gave 'em a good home
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But his wife thought we were crazy and one day we found her gone
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We threw her clothes into the car trunk - Her photographs her rosary
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We went to the pier and got drunk and threw it all into the sea
 
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If I could live my life all over, it wouldn't matter anyway
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'Cause I never could stay sober on the Corpus Christi Bay
 
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Now my brother lives in Houston - He married for the second time
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He got a job with the union and it's keeping him in line
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He came to Corpus just this weekend - It was good to see him here
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He said he finally gave up drinkin' then he ordered me a beer
 
LAST TWO LINES (2x)
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If I could live my life all over, it wouldn't matter anyway
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'Cause I never could stay sober on the Corpus Christi Bay
 
OUTRO (2x)
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