Poison Whiskey

Lyrics: King, Van Zant
Music: King, Van Zant

Played by Anders Osborne with Phil Lesh & Friends in November 2013 as part of their (and American Jubilee's) cover of the Lynyrd Skynyrd album "(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)".

Daddy was a Cajun, raised on Southern land
And so my kinfolks tell me, was a street-fightin' man
Well, they rushed him down to see the doctor
Hey doctor, won't you check his head
The only thing that was wrong with him
Was Johnny Walker's Red
He drank ole poison whiskey
'Til it killed him dead

It happened back in the Bayou many years ago
Satan came to take him and he did it real slow
Well, they rushed him back to see the doctor
The doctor just shook his head
Twenty years of rotgut whiskey
Done killed the poor man dead
He drank ole poison whiskey
'Til it killed him dead

Take a tip from me, people, brothers can't you see
Ain't no future in ole poison whiskey
They're gonna rush you down to see the doctor
The doctor's gonna shake his head
The only thing he's gonna tell you
Stop drinkin' Johnny Walker's Red
Don't drink poison whiskey, don't you drink it boy