The boys they look so fine
Dressed up in green velvet
Their silver buckles shine
Soon they'll be bleary-eyed
Under a keg of wine
Down where the drunkards roll

I see that lover standing
Staring at the ground
He's looking for the real thing
Lies were all  he found
You can get the real thing
It will only cost a pound
Down where the drunkards roll
Down where the drunkards roll


There goes a troubled woman
She dreams a troubled dream
She lives out on the highway
She keeps her money clean
Soon she'll be returning to
The place where she's the queen
Down where the drunkards roll

You can be a gambler
And never draw a hand
You can be a sailor
And never leave dry land
You can be Lord Jesus and
All the world will understand
Down where the drunkards roll
Down where the drunkards roll

See the boys out walking
The boys they look so fine
Dressed up in green velvet
Their silver buckles shine