Corpus Christie Bay Song Lyrics and Chords by Johnny Rodriguez
Corpus Christie Bay
Recorded by Johnny Rodriguez
Written by Robert Earl Keen Jr.
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I worked the rigs from three to midnight
On the Corpus Christi
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Bay
I'd get off and drink till
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daylight
Sleep the morning right
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away
I had a
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plan to take some wages
Leave the rigs behind for
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good
But that life it is
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contagious
And it gets
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down in your
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blood
I lived in Corpus with my brother
We were always on the
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run
We were bad for one
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another
But we were good at having
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fun
We got
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stoned out on the seawall
We got drunk and rolled a
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car
We knew the girls at every
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dance-hall
Had a
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tab at every
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bar
If I could live my life all
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over
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It wouldn't matter
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anyway
Cause I never could stay
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sober
On the Corpus Christi
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Bay
My brother had a wife and family
You know he gave them a good
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home
But his wife thought we were
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crazy
And one
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day we found them
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gone
We threw her clothes into the car trunk
Her photographs her rosa
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ry
We went out to the pier and got
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drunk
And threw
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it all into the
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sea
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Now my brother lives in Houston
He married for the second
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time
He got a good job with the
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union
And it's keeping him in
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line
He came to
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Corpus just this weekend
It was good to see him
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here
He said he finally gave up
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drinking
Then he
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ordered me a
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beer
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Corpus Christie Bay?
- The song Corpus Christie Bay was sang by Johnny Rodriguez.
Who is Johnny Rodriguez?
- Juan Raoul Davis "Johnny" Rodriguez (born December 10, 1951) is an American country music singer. He is a Tejano and Texas country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds, and even singing verses of songs in Spanish.
In the 1970s and 1980s, he was one of country music's most successful male artists, recording a string of hit songs, such as "You Always Come Back to Hurting Me," "Desperado," "Down on the Rio Grande" and "Foolin'." He has recorded six No. 1 country hits in his career.
