I Wish I Was Still Drinking Tab par Colin Hay

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I wish i was still drinking
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Whiskey wine and beer
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The sound of glasses clinking so sweet to my ear
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I wouldnt have to listen to the time thats running out
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I use it much more wisely
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I drink and fall about

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I wish i was still drinking
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Then ill have no fear
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T tell you how to fix the world and have another beer
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I wouldnt have to feel the pain thats in a mothers eyes
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I drink till i believe the sound of my own drunken lies

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I wish i was still drinking
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When nothing is to clear
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Like the tv evangelist fueling peoples fear
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Taking all there heart and cash in the name of the holy one
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The days are surely numbered
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The days will surely come

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I wish i was still drinking 
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I was a lot more fun
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Life of the endless party, friends with anyone
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I wouldnt have to answer for the promises i broke
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Like the president today, Oh when he drank and snorted coke

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I wish i was still drinking
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Then i wouldnt have to hear
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Sound of rapid gun fire exploding in my ear
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I drink through the nightmares of friends crying out for help
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I would drink through everything 
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iv seen or heard or felt

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I wish i was still drinking
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I really really do
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I get it on my fair weather friends, like him and her and you
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I count all the missing teeth that can not longer chew
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I even drive my old white car
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Cause she likes drinking to

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I wish i was still drinking
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Whiskey wine and beer
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The sound of glasses clinking so sweet to my ear
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I wouldnt have to listen to the time thats running out
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I use it much more wisely
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I drink and fall about

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