Bad Veins

band : woodbox gang album : drunk as dragons bad veins Verse 1 Gm A# Gm i don’t have matching socks Gm A# Gm i don’t have a door that locks Gm A# i live in cardboard bo xgm A# sell a pint of blood for fifteen bucks Gm A# Gm that’s how a bum like me can get a drink when the monsoon season came i escaped the rain i hitched a ride on a railroad train well i went into that illinois blood bank doctor said , son you’ve got bad veins now , how’s a bum like me gonna get a drink? it’s like a brain surgeon who’s gone insane a one eyed assassin with bad aim how in the hell is a bum like me supposed to get a drink when the doctor says , son you’ve got bad veins Chorus Gm A# you’ve got bad veins ( you’ve got bad veins ) Verse 2 well i know my old veins may not be the best you can slit my wrist over a bucket leave me the excess i don’t care if you stick a sump pump right through my chest give me the money i’ll clean up the mess and then a bum like me can get a drink it’s like a porn queen dying of aids a romeo telling juliet he’s gay how in the hell is a bum like me supposed to get a drink when the doctor says , son you’ve got bad veins Verse 3 now i’m broke and sober and i feel the pain of all the blood returning to my brain my blood alcohol content is normal again good blood flowing through bad veins but how’s a bum like me gonna get a drink it’s like all of jesus’ disciples cursing his name all except for judas who holds his head in shame how in the hell is a bum like me supposed to get a drink when the doctor says , son you’ve got bad veins