I Wish I Was Still Drinking Lyrics

Colin Hay I Wish I Was Still Drinking

I wish i was still drinking whiskey, wine and beer
The sound of glasses clinking, so sweet to my ear
I wouldn't have to listen to the time that's running
out
I'd use it much more wisely, I'd drink and fall about

I wish I was still drinking, then I'd have no fear
Tell you how to fix the world, then have another beer
I wouldn't have to feel the pain that's in a mother's
eyes
I'd drink till I believe the sound of my own drunken
lies

I wish I was still drinking when nothing is too clear
Like the TV evangelist fueling people's fear
Taking all their hard earned cash in the name of the
holy one
Their days are surely numbered, their day will surely
come

I wish I was still drinking, I was a lot more fun
Life of the endless party, friends with anyone
I wouldn't have to answer for the promises I broke
Like the president today, or when he drank and snorted
coke

I wish I was still drinking, than I wouldn't have to
hear
The sound of rapid gunfire exploding in my ear
I'd drink through the nightmare of friends cryin' out
for help
I would drink through everything I've seen or heard or
felt

I wish I was still drinking, no I really, really do
I'd gather all my fair weather friends like him and her
and you
I'd count all the missing teeth, I can no longer chew
I'd even drive my ol' white car, cause she likes
drinking too

Yeah, I wish i was still drinking whiskey, wine and
beer
The sound of glasses clinking, so sweet to my ear
I wouldn't have to listen to the time thats running out
I'd use it much more wisely, I'd drink and fall about