[ti:Alcohol] [ar:The Kinks] [al:Muswell Hillbillies (Deluxe Edition)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Alcohol - The Kinks [00:08.40]Composed by:Ray Davies [00:16.80]Here is a story about a sinner [00:19.04]He used to be a winner [00:21.05]Who enjoyed a life of prominence and position [00:24.77]But the pressures at the office and his socialite engagements [00:29.08]And his selfish wife's fanatical ambition [00:33.28]It turned him to the booze [00:34.66]And he got mixed up with a floosie [00:36.89]And she led him to a life of indecision [00:40.68]The floosie made him spend his dough [00:42.72]She left him lying on Skid Row [00:44.64]A drunken lag in some Salvation Army Mission [00:48.68]It's such a shame [00:53.66]Oh demon alcohol [00:57.81]Sad memories I can't recall [01:02.30]Who thought I would say [01:05.85]D**n it all and blow it all [01:09.85]Oh demon alcohol [01:14.41]Memories I can't recall [01:18.54]Who thought I would fall [01:21.61]A slave to demon alcohol [01:30.13]Sad memories I can't recall [01:34.61]Who thought I would fall [01:37.82]A slave to demon alcohol [01:50.21]Barley wine pink gin [01:52.09]He'll drink anything [01:54.12]Port pernod or tequila [01:58.18]Rum scotch vodka on the rocks [02:02.05]As long as all his troubles disappeared [02:05.70]But he messed up his life when he beat up his wife [02:09.75]And the floosie's gone and found another sucker [02:13.50]She's gonna turn him on to drink [02:15.50]She's gonna lead him to the brink [02:17.53]And when his money's gone [02:18.95]She'll leave him in the gutter [02:21.53]It's such a shame [02:26.58]Oh demon alcohol [02:30.87]Sad memories I can't recall [02:34.77]Who thought I would fall [02:38.88]D**n it all low low [03:02.72]Sad memories I can't recall [03:06.67]Who thought I would fall [03:10.28]A slave to demon alcohol