My Pal Alcohol - Slim Dusty

Now I’ve been drinkin' since I was four

Ain’t had enough and I still want more

Fill 'em up again place the glasses in a row

I’ve been in the horrors and started to shake

But good hard liquor is what I take

And my pal alcohol I love you so

When I’m far away from home

And there’s no pub I brew my own

Out of vegetables or anything that grows

I drink it till my eyes bulge out

Then I scream and rave and shout

'Cause my pal alcohol I love you so

I’ve a lot of good reasons for drinkin'

And one has just entered my head

If you don’t have a charge while you’re livin'

You’ve got no flamin' chance when you’re dead

Oh I don’t care what people think

It’s a well known fact I’ll die from drink

'Cause my pal alcohol I love you so

I’ve very fine physicians

They’ve guarded me since my youth

One doctors name is Toohey

The other ones name is Tooth

I’ve seen my whiskers curl and singe

When I get through from a weekend binge

'Cause my pal alcohol I love you so

When I’m far away from home

And there’s no pub I brew my own

Out of vegetables or anything that grows

I drink it till my eyes bulge out

Then I scream and rave and shout

'Cause my pal alcohol I love you so

Oh I hear there’s a drink called water

It may appeal to some blokes

But to me I think it’s unhealthy

See what it does to the bottoms of boats

This song’s about to end I think

So I must go for another drink

'Cause my pal alcohol I love you so