Volunteers at the bar for a slow numbing Don't remind me of then or of what's coming I believe in happy endings Still i drink along the way Worry always spoils the moment Here's a sip to save the day Just a nip for the tired, double shot swallowed slow I'm a rich fellow when i forget who i owe Life doesn't taste so bad When there's no taste at all But the sour of alcohol And you can't desert me, cause i'm already alone Lost in music, prayer and thought They're all i've got There's nothing else my schooling bought me I write the lines and no one reads them Sing these words and no one hears Draw a blank and draw the curtains Here's to all the wasted years I don't see my future crumbling I don't see my storied past I just see the bottom of my gla**