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Drink to Forget

from Optimist by Ben Franklin

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This week is gonna be better than last week
I feel so low, I've gotta get up again somehow
Mostly I drink to forget, and you know it's a safe bet
When I get to Monday, my problems haven't gone away

So I'm goin' thru a cleanse
It's like goin' thru the bends
I live off lemonade
I'll drop all this extra weight
And it's only until Friday
My friends, they do it for ten days
But I won't pretend
I just do it for the weekend

Nobody believes you get a fresh start
So I'm throwing back and I'm giving up
They say self-control is all you need
Still got the shakes from last night I shake it off

Tonight, tonight
On the rocks I'm served
Don't you say another word
At all your speeches I fall to pieces
At all your barbs I fold my cards
But tonight's the night
Pleasure shivers down my spine
I drink to forget and that's just fine
If I've got to stop I'll stop
Stop on a dime

Mirror, mirror on the wall
Who's face is this in front of me?
Am I looking at the past or the future?
Is this the price you pay for memories?

Tonight, tonight
On the rocks I'm served
Don't you say another word
At all your speeches I fall to pieces
At all your barbs I fold my cards
But tonight's the night
Pleasure shivers down my spine
I drink to forget and that's just fine
If I've got to stop I'll stop
Stop on a dime

Soon, I will save myself as
Soon as I change myself, I said
Soon, I will save myself as
Soon as I change myself
But not now

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from Optimist, released September 3, 2009

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