The Drinking Song

And the band played on

As the helicopters whirred

Drunk on the lawn in a nuclear dawn,

My senses finally blurred

He was a rock

Til the end, a solid reminder

Couldn't deny a friend

We lived in the noise and

The sweet amber poison

Peeking up the skirt of the end

And we'd drink

Two gnarly dudes and some records

Much like plates of black food

We filled up our faces

Saw some far places

Stood on the roof in the nude

And the band played on

As the helicopters whirred

Drunk on the lawn in a nuclear dawn,

My senses finally blurred

Between poles, he said,

"We're like cows in the grass

Brushing off flies

Chaise lounging around

Standing up falling down

Til we no longer opened our eyes"

And we'd drink

Ever notice how drinking's like war?

Cup o troops oe'r the guns

Til the end of our health

A campaign 'gainst myself

Armed with bourbons and scotches and rums

And the band played on

As the helicopters whirred

Drunk on the lawn in a nuclear dawn,

My senses finally blurred

Think of bombs

We're poised on the edge of disaster

Whether it's right or it's wrong

We opened the window

Played some nintendo

Sang a few bars of some pretty old song

"Irene good night Irene goodnight

Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene

I'll see you, in my dreams"

Oh to dream, those impotent

Bones of extinction

Flying graceful and free

None but the best,

Cause the man cannot rest

Til he's finally beaten his me

And the band played on

As the helicopters whirred

Drunk on the lawn in a nuclear dawn,

My senses finally blurred

Til the end, he passed out on the

Sundeck that morning

Quietly saying goodbye

But I was so hammered I sputtered and stammered

Told him he couldn't just die

He was a rock

Went straight for his own armegeddon

Face froze in a grin

Ambulance flying in, I never drank again

Can't really call that a loss or a win

And the band played on

As the helicopters whirred

Drunk on the lawn in a nuclear dawn,

My senses finally blurred