Kinks - Alcohol lyrics

Here is a story about a sinner,<br>He used to be a winner who enjoyed a life of prominence and position,<br>But the pressures at the office and his socialite engagements,<br>And his selfish wife's fanatical ambition,<br>It turned him to the booze,<br>And he got mixed up with a floosie<br>And she led him to a life of indecision.<br>The floosie made him spend his dole<br>She left him lying on skid row<br>A drunken lag in some salvation army mission.<br>It's such a shame.<br><br>Oh demon alcohol,<br>Sad memories I cannot recall,<br>Who thought I would say,<br>Damn it all and blow it all,<br>Oh demon alcohol,<br>Memories I cannot recall,<br>Who thought I would fall a slave to demon alcohol.<br><br>Barley wine pink gin,<br>He'll drink anything,<br>Port, pernod or tequila,<br>Rum, scotch, vodka on the rocks,<br>As long as all his troubles disappeared.<br>But he messed up his life and he beat up his wife,<br>And the floosie's gone and found another sucker<br>She's gonna turn him on to drink<br>She's gonna lead him to the brink<br>And when his money's gone,<br>She'll leave him in the gutter,<br>It's such a shame.<br><br>Oh demon alcohol,<br>Sad memories I cannot recall,<br>Who thought I would fall,<br>A slave to demon alcohol.