Standard (EADGBE)
Verse 1
Same long faces in the work-mans' hall,
Caramel crisp counts his birds,___
Cliff chips lines up his dominoes,
Kingfisher lead singer calms his nerves.___
Chorus
I'm drinking, sinking, swimming and drowning,
Working, smirking, learning and burning,
Sleeping, thieving, cheting, beating,
I'm eating, i'm drinking in goldfish bowl.
It's sink or swim.
Verse 2
The hall downtown just burned to the ground,
My boxing ring turned to ash.
Red-head gingerbread sells tickets at the door,
Stell sleepwalks in the sand.
Chorus 2
I'm drinking, sinking, swimming nd drowning,
Working, smirking, learning and buring,
Sleping, thieving, cheating, beating
I'm eating, I'm deep in goldfish bowl
It's sink or swim
They're lookin' in
They're lookin' in, ___
THE SOLO COMES HERE SORRY I DONT KNOW THAT BUT IF I FIND OUT I WILL ADD IT INTO THE SONG.
Verse 3
Hard up, outta luck, time to ride the village bike,
A bike been used ten times or more.
Grapevine, here's the wife, lays down her royal flush,
I think I've lost another ___ wife.
Chorus 3
I'm drinking, sinking, swimming nd drowning,
Working, smirking, learning and buring,
Sleping, thieving, cheating, beating
I'm eating, I'm deep in goldfish bowl
It's sink or swim
They're lookin' in
It's sink or swim.