the next round

turner, frank

i drink because i'm thirsty

i drink because i'm dry. i'm not yet quite thirty

but i feel like i'm dying. i drink because i want to

i need to

i don't know what else to do with my time

i won't say it but you can see it in my eyes. you drink because you're lonely

you drink because you're sad

you always claim every party was the best time you've ever had

you drink because you're scared of a life of living off your own company. you won't say it but i can see it in your eyes. of all of the things i could become

a lonely drunkard isn't one for which i would've wished when i was young

but drink has drunk my days away

i tried to live like hemingway

but life just doesn't work that way

and the pills don't kill the pain

they just delay. we drink because we're scared that

if we should stop

the good times will go away but the bad times will not. and what if it's over

and we're sober

and we still feel like we're fixing to die. what then?

don't say it

i can see it in your eyes. the next round is on me

the next round is on me

the next round is on me

the next round is on me

the next round is on me

the next round is on me

the next round is on me

the next round is on me