Out in the junkyard in the pines   They're working over time   Hacking back them vines   That are eating up their minds   Fruit of the vine, that old fruit of the vine      We're doing 30 in a 45   Disregarding highway signs   You learn to take your time   Down south in the summertime   Fruit of the vine, that old fruit of the vine      It ain't no crime in being alive   It ain't no sin, we're just trying to get by   Lead our lives one day at a time   Hand to mouth, low down in the dirty old south   Living on the fruit of the vine      Now some say love come COD   Others turn to G O D   Cash it in on PCP, IOUs and IEDs   Fruit of the vine, that old fruit of the vine      Scraps of paper in a tree   Photographs and memories   Train wrecks of tangled dreams   Lives coming apart at the seams   Fruit of the vine, that old fruit of the vine      It ain't no crime in being alive   It ain't no sin, we're just trying to get by   Lead our lives one day at a time   Hand to mouth, low down in the dirty old south   Just living on the fruit of the vine      It ain't no crime in being alive   It ain't no sin, we're just trying to get by   Lead our lives one day at a time   Hand to mouth, low down in the dirty old south   Living on the fruit of the vine      Now that old vine, it never sleeps   And it strangles as it creeps   Out in the junkyard in the pines   Fall asleep and you will die   Fruit of the vine, that old fruit of the vine      You think you're gonna get your little piece of the sky   Up in the sweet by and by?   As for me I believe I'll try to get mine before I die   Fruit of the vine, that old fruit of the vine      'Cause it ain't no crime in being alive   It ain't no sin, we're just trying to get by   Lead our lives one day at a time   Hand to mouth, low down in the dirty old south   Living on the fruit of the vine, living on the fruit of the vine   Living on the fruit of the vine, living on the fruit of the vine