With iron in my brain I'd laid down to rest   Not carin' if I live or die   Woke up a freezin' with rain pourin' down   So hard I can't open my eyes      I been chased from the yard with dogs at my heels   Searchin' for shelter at times   But there's nothing so hard for a man on the bum      As the time between bottles of wine   The time between bottles of wine      Beggin' for pennies just one sweet taste   Of the nectar that kills the man's soul   Sweet piece of mind excuses my pride   Just somethin' that keep out the cold      It's too late for me to start living again   The good life is too far behind   I never remember the things that I've had      Till the time between bottles of wine   The time between bottles of wine      If mama could see me she wouldn't believe   I even resemble her son   She would throw her life to make me a man   And she's proud the child that she's done      What one love created another destroyed   The story is older than time   The tale of a man who just can't stand   The time between bottles of wine      The time between bottles of wine   The time between bottles of wine   The time between bottles of wine