Alcohol and Pills

[Verse 1]

Hank Williams

He came up from Montgomery

With a heart full

Of hard-luck country songs

But Nashville, Tennessee

They didn't understand him

'Cause he did things differently

Than the way that they were done

But when he finally made it to the Grand Ole Opry

He made it stand still

He ended up on alcohol and pills

[Verse 2]

Evil Presley

He came up from Jackson

With a brand new way of singing

A brand new way of dancing

And even from the waist up

He gave the world a thrill

He ended up on alcohol and pills

[Chorus]

Alcohol and pills

It's a crying shame

You'd think they might have been happy

With the glory and the fame

But fame don't take away the pain

It just pays the bills

And you wind up on alcohol and pills

[Verse 3]

Janis Joplin

She was a wild and reckless

Then there was Gram Parsons

Then there was Jimi Hendrix

The story just goes on and on

I guess it always will

They ended up on alcohol and pills

[Chorus]

Alcohol and pills

It's a crying shame

You'd think they might have been happy

With the glory and the fame

But fame don't take away the pain

It just pays the bills

And you wind up on alcohol and pills

[Verse 4]

Sometimes somebody

Won't wake up one day

Sometimes it's a heart attack

Sometimes they won't say

When they pulled poor old Hank Williams

Out of that Cadillac Coupe de Ville

He ended up on alcohol and pills

[Chorus]

Alcohol and pills

It's a crying shame

You'd think they might have been happy

With the glory and the fame

But fame don't take away the pain

It just pays the bills

And you wind up on alcohol and pills

On alcohol and pills