I got whiskey on my back, and a sheriff's on my track I'm gonna make it through this world if I can I take a walk to go my bail, brother took off to the county jail You better make it through the world if you can If you can If you can You better make it through the world if you can If you want to have to leave home, you just stick with a bottle of corn You got to make it through the world if you can You may think they're doin' you wrong, but they'll send you to the county farm You better make it through the world if you can If you can If you can You better make it through the world if you can When you go out for a load, the sheriff will stop you on the road You have to make it through this world if you can It's a real surprising thing, that to hear those boys will drink You better make it through the world if you can If you can If you can You better make it through the world if you can ...they sure got to hear about liquor Ever since this state went dry the bootleggers have their shine They gonna keep out of the way of the jail if they can If they can If they can They gonna keep out of the way of the jail if they can