Alcohol

[Intro]

{Now I wanna tell you a little story

About the old demon alcohol

Yes indeed my little chickadee}

[Verse 1]

Here is a story about a sinner

He used to be a winner

Who enjoyed a life of prominence and position

But the pressures at the office and his socialite engagements

And his selfish wife's fanatical ambition

It turned him to the booze

And he got mixed up with a floosie

And she led him to a life of indecision

The floosie made him spend his dough

She left him lying on Skid Row

A drunken lag in some Salvation Army Mission

It's such a shame

[Chorus]

Oh demon alcohol

Sad memories I can't recall

Who thought I would say

Damn it all and blow it all

Oh demon alcohol

Memories I can't recall

Who thought I would fall

A slave to demon alcohol

Sad memories I can't recall

Who thought I would fall

A slave to demon alcohol

[Verse 2]

Barley wine, pink gin

He'll drink anything

Port, pernod or tequila

Rum, scotch, vodka on the rocks

As long as all his troubles disappeared

But he messed up his life when he beat up his wife

And the floosie's gone and found another sucker

She's gonna turn him on to drink

She's gonna lead him to the brink

And when his money's gone

She'll leave him in the gutter

It's such a shame

[Chorus]

Oh demon alcohol

Sad memories I can't recall

Who thought I would fall

Damn it all, low, low

[Instrumental -  brass]

Sad memories I can't recall

Who thought I would fall

A slave to demon alcohol

[Instrumental outro]