Bootleg Medicine Vivian left the orphanage at the age of thirteen She was older when she hit the city but still a little green Then she up and sold herself on the auction block she stood No one tried to help her I guess no one really could By the time she was twenty she'd seen to many men She'd been bought and sold like bootleg medicine Mr. Johnsons daughter grew older but she was still his little girl And in everything she did her dad was oh so proud of her Then she ran away with that bad boy down the road Now he just sits alone at home growing old The tears and the years have wiped away his proud grin And he just drowns his sorrows in bootleg medicine That drunkard on the street remembers all the places that he's been As he sits beside the church house and listens to the old gospel hymns The tears flow down his cheek but his pride won't let him bend "Jesus is Tenderly Calling " they sing but the drunkard turns Him down again He could be saved if he'd only turn from sin And never touch a bottle of bootleg medicine This old world is a funny place people don't let it get you down Just around the corner friends happiness may abound So if you settle down or if  you continue to roam Remember home is where your heart is so you'll know your always home Keep your spirits high and always guard your shins And never touch a bottle of bootleg medicine -Rob McNurlin copyright Buffalo Skinner Music BMI