[ti:Alcohol]
[ar:The Kinks]
[al:Musewell Hillbillies]
[00:16.610]Here's a story about a sinner,
[00:18.940]He used to be a winner who enjoyed a life of prominence and position,
[00:24.780]But the pressures at the office and his socialite engagements,
[00:29.100]And his selfish wife's fanatical ambition,
[00:33.360]It turned him to the booze,
[00:35.230]And he got mixed up with a floosie
[00:37.200]And she led him to a life of indecision.
[00:40.970]The floosie made him spend his dole
[00:43.030]She left him lying on Skid Row
[00:44.820]A drunken lag in some Salvation Army Mission.
[00:48.810]It's such a shame.
[00:54.020]Oh demon alcohol,
[00:57.760]Sad memories I cannot recall,
[01:02.380]Who thought I would say,
[01:05.900]Damn it all and blow it all,
[01:10.710]Oh demon alcohol,
[01:15.230]Memories I cannot recall,
[01:18.730]Who thought I would fall a slave to demon alcohol.
[01:30.290]Sad memories I cannot recall,
[01:34.900]Who thought I would fall a slave to demon alcohol.
[01:50.170]Barley wine, pink gin,
[01:52.230]He'll drink anything,
[01:54.180]Port, pernod or tequila,
[01:58.470]Rum, scotch, vodka on the rocks
[02:03.010]As long as all his troubles disappeared.
[02:06.350]But he messed up his life, went and beat up his wife,
[02:10.170]And the floosie's gone and found another sucker
[02:14.040]She's gonna turn him on to drink
[02:15.990]She's gonna lead him to the brink
[02:18.190]And when his money's gone,
[02:19.770]She'll leave him in the gutter,
[02:22.230]It's such a shame.
[02:26.790]Oh demon alcohol,
[02:30.950]Sad memories I cannot recall,
[02:35.160]Who thought I would say,
[02:39.010]Damn it all and blow it all,
[03:02.890]Sad memories I cannot recall,
[03:07.050]Who thought I would fall,
[03:10.620]A slave to demon alcohol.