Verse:
GDC
Same long faces in the work-mansʼ hall,
GDC
Caramel crisp counts his birds,
GDC
Cliff chips lines up his dominoes,
GDC
Kingfisher lead singer calms his nerves.
Chorus:
Bm7CBm7
Iʼm drinking, sinking, swimming and drowning,
CBm7
Working, smirking, learning and burning,
CD
Sleeping, thieving, cheting, beating,
G
Iʼm eating, iʼm drinking in goldfish bowl.
DC
Itʼs sink or swim.
Verse:
GDC
The hall downtown just burned to the ground,
GDC
My boxing ring turned to ash.
GDC
Red-head gingerbread sells tickets at the door,
GDC
Stell sleepwalks in the sand.
Chorus:
Bm7CBm7
Iʼm drinking, sinking, swimming nd drowning,
CBm7
Working, smirking, learning and buring,
CD
Sleping, thieving, cheating, beating
G
Iʼm eating, Iʼm deep in goldfish bowl
DC
Itʼs sink or swim
G
Theyʼre lookinʼ in
DC
Theyʼre lookinʼ in
Verse:
GDC
Hard up, outta luck, time to ride the village bike,
GDC
A bike been used ten times or more.
GDC
Grapevine, hereʼs the wife, lays down her royal flush,
GDC
I think Iʼve lost another wife.
Chorus:
Bm7CBm7
Iʼm drinking, sinking, swimming nd drowning,
CBm7
Working, smirking, learning and buring,
CD
Sleping, thieving, cheating, beating
G
Iʼm eating, Iʼm deep in goldfish bowl
DC
Itʼs sink or swim
G
Theyʼre lookinʼ in
DCG
Itʼs sink or swim.