Local Still Lyrics - Sound Elixir - Nazareth

It's three o'clock in the morning 

And they're sayin' you've had enough 

But you want another drink 

Good old north or southern stuff 

You're a boy from way down south 

Folks from the old north 

And it's friday night 

It's party night for you 

King george he sent the excise men 

The yankee revenuers 

It don't matter what they try 

They'll never stop the brewin' 

Because a man will take a glass 

To make his spirits fly 

On a friday night 

It's party night for you 

They bring out laws and taxes 

Try to cut you down 

If you can't go to the corner bar 

Then you'll go underground 

So come on down to your local still 

And buy yourself a thrill 

On a friday night 

It's party night for you 

* whiskey the water of life 

There's more to it than the pourin' 

Oiled the reel on the fiddle bow 

And sent the music soarin' 

My old man and his old man 

They knew what they were doin' 

Lovin' malt from the old land 

And the corn from tennessee 

If you're feelin' lowdown 

You don't need no pill 

Come along and join the clan 

Support your local still 

You can win your bar-room blues 

Find that hazy delight 

On a friday night 

It's party night for you 

Repeat * 

It's three o'clock in the morning 

And they're sayin' you've had enough 

But you want another drink 

Good old north or southern stuff 

You're a boy from way down south 

Folks from the old north 

And it's friday night 

It's party night for you. 

(written and arranged by nazareth) 

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