Verse:
G#D#C#
Same long faces in the work-mansʼ hall,
G#D#C#
Caramel crisp counts his birds,
G#D#C#
Cliff chips lines up his dominoes,
G#D#C#
Kingfisher lead singer calms his nerves.
Chorus:
Cm7C#Cm7
Iʼm drinking, sinking, swimming and drowning,
C#Cm7
Working, smirking, learning and burning,
C#D#
Sleeping, thieving, cheting, beating,
G#
Iʼm eating, iʼm drinking in goldfish bowl.
D#C#
Itʼs sink or swim.
Verse:
G#D#C#
The hall downtown just burned to the ground,
G#D#C#
My boxing ring turned to ash.
G#D#C#
Red-head gingerbread sells tickets at the door,
G#D#C#
Stell sleepwalks in the sand.
Chorus:
Cm7C#Cm7
Iʼm drinking, sinking, swimming nd drowning,
C#Cm7
Working, smirking, learning and buring,
C#D#
Sleping, thieving, cheating, beating
G#
Iʼm eating, Iʼm deep in goldfish bowl
D#C#
Itʼs sink or swim
G#
Theyʼre lookinʼ in
D#C#
Theyʼre lookinʼ in
Verse:
G#D#C#
Hard up, outta luck, time to ride the village bike,
G#D#C#
A bike been used ten times or more.
G#D#C#
Grapevine, hereʼs the wife, lays down her royal flush,
G#D#C#
I think Iʼve lost another wife.
Chorus:
Cm7C#Cm7
Iʼm drinking, sinking, swimming nd drowning,
C#Cm7
Working, smirking, learning and buring,
C#D#
Sleping, thieving, cheating, beating
G#
Iʼm eating, Iʼm deep in goldfish bowl
D#C#
Itʼs sink or swim
G#
Theyʼre lookinʼ in
D#C#G#
Itʼs sink or swim.