GDC
Same long faces in the work-mans' hall,
GDC
Caramel crisp counts his birds,___
GDC
Cliff chips lines up his dominoes,
GDC
Kingfisher lead singer calms his nerves.___
CHORUS
Bm7CBm7
I'm drinking, sinking, swimming and drowning,
CBm7
Working, smirking, learning and burning,
CD
Sleeping, thieving, cheting, beating,
G
I'm eating, i'm drinking in goldfish bowl.
DC
It's sink or swim.
VERSE 2
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 2
Bm7CBm7
I'm drinking, sinking, swimming nd drowning,
CBm7
Working, smirking, learning and buring,
CD
Sleeping, thieving, cheating, beating
G
I'm eating, I'm deep in goldfish bowl
DC
It's sink or swim
G
They're lookin' in
DC
They're lookin' in, ___
G O
DEm7Cadd9DEm7Cadd9
VERSE 3
GDC
Hard up, outta luck, time to ride the village bike,
GDC
A bike been used ten times or more.
GDC
Grapevine, here's the wife, lays down her royal flush,
GDC
I think I've lost another ___ wife.
CHORUS 3
Bm7CBm7
I'm drinking, sinking, swimming nd drowning,
CBm7
Working, smirking, learning and buring,
CD
Sleeping, thieving, cheating, beating
G
I'm eating, I'm deep in goldfish bowl
DC
It's sink or swim
G
They're lookin' in
DCG
It's sink or swim.