Drinking Man from Invisible People by Alun Parry

If I was a drinking man
I’d be drinking now
I would pile them up
And I would sink them down

If I was a drinking man
I’d know just what to do
Into the nearest bar
And spend the whole night through

Spill my troubles out
To the bar tender man
He wouldn’t say a word
But he’d understand

If I was a drinking man
I could drown all of this pain
With a glass or a few
And then the same again

If I was a drinking man
I’d sure reach for a drink
No longer feel
Wouldn’t be able to think

If I was a drinking man
Oh the drinks that I would take
And the loss don’t hurt
And the heart don’t ache

The drinking man has got it all worked out
The sober man is a masochist
The drinking man he keeps it all at bay
The sober man knows just what he’s missed

If I was a drinking man
I would take that liquid gold
I could forget about
All the love turned cold

I could get off my face
To take the pain away
If I was a drinking man
Well I would drink all day

Yeah if I’m a drinking man
I’d let my whole life pass
I would hide away
Inside a whiskey glass

The drinking man has got it all worked out
The sober man is a masochist
The drinking man he keeps it all at bay
The sober man knows just what he’s missed

If I was a drinking man
I’d take that poison in
Let it wash my soul
Let it clean my sin

Tell em one more round
Tell em pour it tall
I would drink it deep
And I would numb it all

If I was a drinking man
Boy would I be drinking now
Oh I would pile them up
And I would sink them down

But I’m a sober man
Just myself and me
But a drinking man
Oh what a thing to be

If I was a drinking man
I would take another beer
I could fade away
I could disappear

• Folk
• acoustic
• political
• protest
• protest songs
• singer songwriter.
• Liverpool