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A Drinking Song

from Songs for Grownups by Jay Ackley

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Featuring Debe Dalton on Banjo

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We live in a culture that sees alcohol abuse as non-problematic
Binge-drinking recreationally should never be a regular habit
Yeah I’m a party guy but this party guy’s just about had it
With a culture that sees alcohol abuse as non-problematic.

Every year that goes by it seems like I know more alcoholics
Or I guess they were the year before too, but at least now they know what to call it
And that same liquid devil keeps taking dollars out of my wallet
Every year that goes by it feels like I know more alcoholics.

If I sober up it won’t be because I bottomed out
Yeah when I sober up it won’t be because I bottomed out
I know it’ll be from the friends that I’ve seen
Take control of their lives without losing what makes them unique.

When I drink as much as I did as a kid I regret it
I don’t remember the fun I’m ostensibly having and I feel pathetic
I said something cruel to somebody I love I don’t know why I said it
When I drink as much as I did as a kid I regret it.

When I sober up it won’t be because I bottomed out
Yeah if I sober up it won’t be because I bottomed out
When my wife goes to Al-Anon and I think of my life and I think of anon

And I’m wondering about the path that I’m on
And I think,
I think hey maybe I should tone it down a little.

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from Songs for Grownups, released April 29, 2019

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Jay Ackley Brooklyn, New York

Minnesotan in Brooklyn by way of London; having a sing-song through the dystopia.

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