Alcohol Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Alcohol, my permanent accessory
Alcohol, a party-time necessity
Alcohol, alternative to feeling like yourself
Oh alcohol, I still drink to your health
[Chorus]
I love you more
Than I did the week before
I discovered alcohol
(That's small talk)
[Verse 2]
Forget the cafe latte, screw the raspberry iced tea
A Malibu and Coke for you, a G&T for me
Alcohol, your songs resolve like my life never will
When someone else is picking up the bill
[Chorus]
I love you more
Than I did the week before
I discovered alcohol
[Post-Chorus 1]
Oh alcohol, would you please forgive me?
For while I cannot love myself
I'll use something else
Alcohol, my permanent accessory
Alcohol, a party-time necessity
Alcohol, alternative to feeling like yourself
Oh alcohol, I still drink to your health
[Chorus]
I love you more
Than I did the week before
I discovered alcohol
(That's small talk)
[Verse 2]
Forget the cafe latte, screw the raspberry iced tea
A Malibu and Coke for you, a G&T for me
Alcohol, your songs resolve like my life never will
When someone else is picking up the bill
[Chorus]
I love you more
Than I did the week before
I discovered alcohol
[Post-Chorus 1]
Oh alcohol, would you please forgive me?
For while I cannot love myself
I'll use something else
[Bridge]
I thought that alcohol
Was just for those with nothing else to do
I thought that drinking
Just to get drunk was a waste of precious booze
But now I know that there's a time
And there's a place where I can choose
To walk the fine line between
Self-control and self-abuse
[Interlude]
Go! Go! Go! …
[Chorus]
I love you more
Than I did the week before
I discovered alcohol
[Post-Chorus 2]
And would you please ignore
That you found me on the floor
Trying on your camisole?
Oh alcohol, would you please forgive me?
For while I cannot love myself
I'll use something else
I thought that alcohol
Was just for those with nothing else to do
I thought that drinking
Just to get drunk was a waste of precious booze
But now I know that there's a time
And there's a place where I can choose
To walk the fine line between
Self-control and self-abuse
[Interlude]
Go! Go! Go! …
[Chorus]
I love you more
Than I did the week before
I discovered alcohol
[Post-Chorus 2]
And would you please ignore
That you found me on the floor
Trying on your camisole?
Oh alcohol, would you please forgive me?
For while I cannot love myself
I'll use something else
About
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Alcohol is the sixth track on Barenaked Ladies critically acclaimed Stunt. The song charted at No. 33 on the U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks. Though the song was released as a single, it was also the only single from the album not to receive a music video.
The song is a fast rock ballad in the key of B (with the guitars using a capo on the second fret.) As a tradition to do so with the most “high-energy” song on each studio album, the band recorded Alcohol while being completely nude.
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- 1.One Week
- 5.Leave
- 6.Alcohol
- 8.In the Car
- 10.Who Needs Sleep?
- 11.Told You So
- 13.When You Dream
- 14.She’s on Time
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Writers
Background Vocals
Lead Vocals
Drums
Percussion
Acoustic Guitar
Electric Guitar
Piano
Synthesizer
Electric Bass
Released on
June 19, 1998
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