Intro
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[Verse]
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I wish I was still drinking
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Whiskey wine and beer
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The sound of glasses clinking so sweet to my ear
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I wouldn’t have to listen to the time that’s running out
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I use it much more wisely
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I drink and fall about
[Verse]
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I wish I was still drinking
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Then I’ll have no fear
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I’d tell you how to fix the world then have another beer
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I wouldn’t have to feel the pain that’s in a mother’s eyes
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I drink till I believe the sound
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of my own drunken lies
[Bridge]
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[Verse]
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I wish I was still drinking
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When nothing is to clear
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Like the TV evangelist fuelling peoples fear
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Taking all their hard-earned cash in the name of the holy one
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The days are surely numbered
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The days will surely come
[Verse]
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I wish I was still drinking
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I was a lot more fun
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Life of the endless party, friends with anyone
D# Gm
I wouldn’t have to answer for the promises I broke
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Like the president today,
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or when he drank and snorted coke
[Bridge]
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[Verse]
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I wish I was still drinking
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Then I wouldn’t have to hear
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Sound of rapid gun fire exploding in my ear
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I drink through the nightmares of friends crying out for help
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I would drink through everything
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I’ve seen or heard or felt
[Verse]
D#
I wish I was still drinking
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I really really do
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I get it on my fair-weather friends, like him and her and you
D# Gm
I count all the missing teeth that can no longer chew
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I even drive my old white car
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Cause she likes drinking to
[Verse]
A#
I wish I was still drinking
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Whiskey wine and beer
A# D# F
The sound of glasses clinking so sweet to my ear
A# D# Gm
I wouldn’t have to listen to the time that’s running out
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I use it much more wisely
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I drink and fall about
[Outro]
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