See the boys out walking
 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