the hymn for the alcohol

Listening to Hefner on the way back from Dave's tonight - funny how Hefner weren't a great band, but they managed occasional moments of real real brilliance. 'The Hymn For The Alcohol' is one. I wrote a song for my band, John Wyndham, which totally ripped off this song. Amazing lyrics.

"Don't start me on the rum
because it makes me numb.
Start me on the whiskey.
I know whiskey is his drink.
You never drank it with me,
but now you drink it with him.
I’m not good enough for whiskey,
not good enough for you.

Let's start drinking wine,
we used to all the time.
It used to go to our heads
but then you went to his bed.
If the wine stains your lips red
then tonight you might forget,
You might not go home to him
you might stay here with me.

It is just wishful thinking
that all this hard drinking
might lure you back to my ramshackle stable,

There's no point in trying,
the debutante was lying
when she said that she did something that your lips could never do.

And if you know whats true...
then you know I love you.

It's six months since you left,
you must be truly blessed,
Cause you look no less pretty,
in fact maybe even more so,
If you reap the seeds that you sow,
Oh we both know, you are going straight to hell

It is just wishful thinking
that all this hard drinking
might lure you back to my ramshackle stable,

There's no point in trying,
the debutante was lying
when she said that she did something that your lips could never do.

And if you know whats true...
then you know I love you".