liquid courage

ben lee

i am twenty-five

single

anti-social

and just a touch neurotic when it comes to meeting women

i don't know what to do

tonight i'm determined to have a conversation

i'm so sick of all this loneliness and sexual frustration

i'm gonna talk to her now

but i don't know how

why am i so full of fear?

i guess i'll have another beer

gimme some of that liquid courage

if i'm gonna chase her

gotta get a little braver

some liquid courage

add a little zip

put some swagger in my step

some liquid courage

coming out swinging

everybody hear me singing now

i'm the one to beat

i'm the one to beat

i am a soldier trained at fort benning

i originally joined because they said they'd pay for college

i did not think it through

tonight i'm expected to rejoin my regiment

and march into the night to fight some arbitrary battle

in this stupid bloody war that will benefit nobody

except the rich and powerful and maybe not even them

do i slip off this bar stool and swim across that river

make a run for it. before they find out i blew?

what am i gonna do?

gimme some of that liquid courage

if i'm gonna chase it

gotta get a little braver

some liquid courage

add a little zip

put some swagger in my step

some liquid courage

coming out swinging

everybody hear me singing now

i'm the one to beat

i'm the one to beat

now i'm the one to beat

i'm the one to beat

struggling with my decision

lower all my inhibitions

get myself some extra ammunition

fortify my disposition

and if i'm wrong?

and if i'm wrong?

if it's something i should not have done?

gimme some of that liquid courage

if i'm gonna chase it

gotta get a little braver

some liquid courage

add a little zip

put some swagger in my step

some liquid courage

coming out swinging

everybody hear me singing now

i'm the one to beat

i'm the one to beat

now i'm the one to beat

i'm the one to beat

now i'm the one to beat

i'm the one to beat

one more beer and i'm the one to beat