von: The Golden Virgins
heißt: staying sober (Platte: Songs Of Praise)
Well I drank myself to sleep last night,
I dreamt Jesus came around,
He said son I had high hopes for you,
But your ship has run aground,
So I poured myself a whisky and he changed it into gin,
Said son you better mind your ways before you drown in sin,
Gonna drown in sin,
There's no reason to stay sober now your gone,
There's no sense staying sober now your gone,
Well I didn't go to work today,
I won't make it in tomorrow,
Cos there's not enough drink in this world,
To drown this kind of sorrow,
My father has disowned me,
And my mother died of shame,
And my brother wants to kill you
Cos he knows that your to blame,
Knows that your to blame,
There's no reason to stay sober now your gone,
There's no sense staying sober now your gone,
Now your gone.
Well I tried this staying sober thing and it bored me half to death,
So I'm gonna stay a drunkard until my drying breath,
So I'll pour myself a whisky and I'll chased it with a gin,
And I'll go out to the bars tonight to drown myself in sin,
Drown myself again,
... so schön traurig