Two Steps Back

The last time I seen him he was drumming with two chicken bones
On a set of land mines looking like they were gonna blow
It went on for three days straight and this whole town couldn’t get no rest
You always take two steps back when there’s whiskey on his breath
He’s got him a neck like a volcano and arms like two oak trees
And when you talk to him you always say thank-you and please
And every time he goes out he scares someone half to death
They know you take two steps back when there’s whiskey on his breath
And every time he gets dry you can hear him running down to the liquor store
The owner puts up the closed sign and leaves two bottles by the door
And the hard-boys ain’t so hard when he steps in their path
They know you take two steps back when there’s whiskey on his breath
I heard he had him a woman who was just as pretty as can be
And he loved her true so he got down on bended knee
Preacher said: you can kiss the bride, so he leaned in to give her a peck
But she took two steps back when she smelt whiskey on his breath.
Ever since then he’s been wild and as crazy as a loon
I guess there ain’t no telling what a broken heart will do
And all the hard-boys ain’t so hard when he steps in their path
They know you take two steps back when there’s whiskey on his breath.