Stan Freberg - As Long As You're Up/A Sober Life's a Hard Life lyrics

As long as you're up Get me a blast I must confess, under duress I like to be ga**ed Let other gen'rals trudge Sober as a judge Boy, this is the only Way to fly Pursuing the South Over the hills Fearless and brave, minus a shave And crocked to the gills A half a fifth, I know Ought to take Shiloh, so As long as you're up, get me a blast A sober life's a hard life The sort of a life with which I've clashed For though I sympathize with tem'prance There's a lot to be said for being smashed It helps to lubricate things Like, for example, civil wars You can have the dry life Brother, this is my life Open wide the tavern doors