I've been sober such a long time that I don't really crave alcohol on the regular anymore. In fact, I crave a drink so infrequently that when it hits me, it's a surprise, and it hits me HARD. I was down in Bisbee one summer, hanging out with Jobi from Stanhope's Deathpool and he was expressing concern for me, how it must be hard for me to hang out at the Funhouse and not drink. I told him I was never drinking again... but that if I did, it would be down there, with those shitheads. And yep, a song was born. When I played it for Charlie at the label, he said "it's just a list of drugs." Yeah, sounds like a great song premise to me, pal.
lyrics
I’m never drinking again
Vodka, tequila, or gin
Not alone in this dark room
Well, at least not right now
I’m never drinking again
I’m never smoking again
No more nicotine stains on my hands
That warm breath of air on my cold nights
Goodbye to my old trusted friend
I’m never smoking again
I’m never taking pills again
Morphine, Percocet, ketamine
Xanax, fentanyl, ecstasy
Mexican Vicodin
I’m never taking pills again
I can’t control myself, control myself
I can’t control myself, control myself
I can’t control myself, control myself
I’m never smoking crack again
No, no more that devil methamphetamine
That skeletal hand on my throat
My lungs scorched by that sick wind
I’m never doing white trash drugs again
I’m never going to touch you again
No, I’ll never even talk to you again
My cold, guilty hands
on your warm soft skin
I hope I never see you again
(chorus)
I’m never drinking again
Whiskey, tequila, or gin
I’ve come too far to turn back now
Have to start all over again
But if I drink
I will drink with you
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