Dm                            A7
I drink to drive away all the years I have hated
A7                                      Dm
The ambitions frustrated that no longer survive
Dm                           A7
I drink day after day to the chaos behind me
A7                                        Dm
Yes, I drink to remind me that I still am alive


[Chorus]
     D                       F#7     Bm
So I give you a toast to the endless confusions
       G        F#7                              Bm
To the lies and delusions that have swallowed my life
       D                       F#7          Bm
Yes, I give you a toast to the wine and the roses
       G      A7                            Dm
To the deadly cirrhosis that can cut like a knife


[Verse]
Dm                              A7
I drink to catch a gleam of the love we degraded
A7                                          Dm
Of a life that has faded like the vanishing moon
Dm                          A7
I drink as in a dream to my waning desire
A7                                            Dm
To the passionate fire that has burned out so soon


[Chorus]
     D                       F#7       Bm
I drink and I drown in the promise you made me
       G          F#7                 Bm
All the times you betrayed me in your anger and spite
       D                       F#7                 Bm
When you took on the town when you looked for the action
       G      A7                               Dm
When you took satisfaction like a whore in the night


[Verse]
Dm                              A7
I drink to make-believe that my life is worth living
A7                                            Dm
That the gods are forgiving at the end of the day
Dm                               A7
I drink because I grieve for the dreams when we started
A7                                           Dm
For the innocent-hearted who got lost on the way


[Chorus]
        D                         F#7          Bm
For the children unborn for their dead phantom faces
        G        F#7                         Bm
For our sterile embraces in the tomb of your bed
     D                      F#7          Bm
I drink and I mourn for the harvest that failed
       G              A7                          Dm
For the ship that has sailed for the hope that is dead


[Verse]
Dm                              A7
I drink to find a place where the darkness can hide me
A7                                       Dm
Till the terror inside me can at last disappear
Dm                          A7
I drink to my disgrace till oblivion claims me
A7                                                       Dm
Till there's nothing that shames me till I'm blind to my fear


[Chorus]
       D                        F#7      Bm
Yes, I drink till I burst in my own degradation
       G        F#7                      Bm
To the edge of damnation that is waiting below
       D                        F#7          Bm
Yes, I drink with a thirst that destroys and depraves me
  G           A7                           Dm
Engulfs and enslaves me and will never let go


[Verse]
Dm                             A7
I drink until I'm lost and the street is my hideout
A7                                              Dm
Where I vomit my pride out till I'm gasping for breath
Dm                              A7
I drink to count the cost of a life I despair for
A7                                   Dm
Until God hears my prayer for the compassion of death


[Chorus]
     D                       F#7      Bm
So I spit out my bile at the gods who demean us
       G       F#7               Bm
At the silence between us at the love none can save
     D                        F#7          Bm
For a life that is vile for a soul that is ailing
      G           A7                            Dm
For a body that's failing as it heads for the grave


[Outro]
A                 Dm                    Ebm
I drink without a care... drink because I must
Ebm         Em                         F
Drink to my despair... I drink to your disgust
  A             A7                Dm Am
I drink, drink, drink... by God I drink!
Dm  Am   Dm Am Dm
Yes I drink!