
Date of issue: 23.11.1971
Record label: Kinks Properties, Sanctuary Records Group
Song language: English
Alcohol |
Now I want to tell you a little story about the old demon alcohol |
Yes indeed, my little chickadee |
Here’s a sad and woeful story about a middle class executive |
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 very sad |
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 |
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 beat up his life |
Went and messed 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 very sad |
Oh! |
Oh, demon alcohol |
Sad memories I can’t recall |
Who thought I would say, damn it all |
And blow it all |
Sad memories I can’t recall |
Who thought I would fall |
A slave to demon alcohol |
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