Started drinking, all around town Went to a club to put a few more down Feeling bad, drunk and sad This is going to be the last drink that I’ll ever have Alcohol, Alcohol. Alcohol, Alcohol You’re the very devil. Get away from me I got in with a crowd, we got in a car I went to a party, I played a guitar I never played well, it must have been hell Made a fool of myself, of that I can tell I fell in the door, I fell on the street I fell on the floor, I fell in a heap I blundered on home, battered and blown Swore to the Lord, to leave it alone Next thing I knew, I was back home in bed My papa was there, he was holding my head My mama was there, in her nightclothes Holding a bucket right under my nose Early next day, I was all in a fuzz Feeling ashamed, I started to curse All the money I’d earned, I’d been out and burned It’s a lesson I feel I never seem to learn