Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Jack of Diamonds lyrics

Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds, I know you of old You have robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold And the whiskey, you villain, you been my downfall You kicked me and you cuffed me, but I love you for all It's a beef steak when I'm hungry, rye whiskey when I'm dry Green back when I'm hard up, and heaven when I die Whiskey, rye whiskey, whiskey I cry! If I don't get rye whiskey I surely will die If the ocean was a whiskey, and I was a duck I'd dive to the bottom and never come h-up! The ocean ain't whiskey, I ain't a duck! I'll play Jack of Diamonds that I trust to my luck 'Cause it's whiskey, rye whiskey, whiskey I cry! If a tree don't fall on me I'll live till I die