Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Rye Whiskey lyrics

Jack of diamonds, jack of diamonds, i know you most of all You've robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold And whiskey, you villain, you've been my down-fall You've cuffed and you've kicked me but i loved you of old Oh whiskey, rye whiskey, whiskey i cried If i don't get rye whiskey i surely will die Well i go yonder mountain and build me a still And i send you a gallon for a five dollar bill Well it's beefcake when i'm hungry, whiskey when i'm dry And it's greenbacks when i'm hard off and hell when i die If the sea were made of whiskey and i was a duck I'd swim to the bottom and never come up Oh, but the sea ain't made of whiskey and i ain't a duck So i play jack of diamonds and trust on my luck