I once was happy and had a good wife I had enough money to last me for life Then I met a girl and we went on a spree She taught me to smoke and drink whisky Cigarettes and Whisky, and wild wild women They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane Cigarettes and Whisky, and wild wild women They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane And now I am feeble and broken with age The lines on my face make a well written page I'm leavin' this story how sad and how true On women and whisky and what they can do Cigarettes and Whisky, and wild wild women They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane Cigarettes and Whisky, and wild wild women They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane Write on the cross at the head of my grave For women and whisky here lies a poor slave Take warning dear stranger, take warning dear friend They tries in big letters these words at the end Cigarettes and Whisky and wild wild women They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane Cigarettes and Whisky, and wild wild women They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane